Usually means: Pin securing parts by deformation.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. cotter pin: Merriam-Webster
  2. cotter pin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cotter pin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cotter pin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cotter pin: Vocabulary.com
  6. cotter-pin: Wordnik
  7. cotter pin: Wiktionary
  8. cotter pin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. cotter pin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cotter pin: Dictionary.com
  11. Cotter pin (disambiguation), Cotter pin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. cotter pin: Rhymezone
  13. cotter pin: MyWord.info
  14. cotter pin: FreeDictionary.org
  15. cotter pin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. cotter pin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cotter pin: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  3. Cotter Pin: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cotter pin)

noun:  (US) A split pin, the ends of which project through an object being fastened and are bent back to hold it in place.
noun:  (UK) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together; a cotter.

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