What does "mesh" mean?
Mesh: (Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.
Additional senses
- 2.To catch in a mesh. Surrey.
- 3.To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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