'Tightening pulley' definitions:
Definition of 'Tightening pulley'
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- Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.] To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. [1913 Webster]
- Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes. [1913 Webster]
- Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it. [1913 Webster]