DASHPOTS
Noun
dashpots
plural of dashpot
Anagrams
• dashtops
Source: Wiktionary
DASHPOT
Dash"pot`, n. (Mach.)
Definition: A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in
the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.
Note: It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid, in which
a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a
space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can
escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually
checked.
Note: A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition