'spanner' definitions:
Definition of 'spanner'
(from WordNet)
noun
A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt [syn: wrench, spanner]
Definition of 'spanner'
From: GCIDE
- Inchworm \Inch"worm`\, n. (Zool.) The larva of any geometrid moth. It progresses forward by first bringing the rear end of the body forward, forming a loop, then moving the front part of the body; called also measuring worm, measuringworm, spanner, and looper. See Geometrid. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'spanner'
From: GCIDE
- spanner \span"ner\ (sp[a^]n"n[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who, or that which, spans. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose. [Chiefly British usage] [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. A contrivance in some of the earlier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam. [1913 Webster]