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Definition of "jackscrews" []

  • Plural form of jackscrew. (noun)

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Use "jackscrews" in a sentence
  • "Before these belts were devised it was necessary for every gun crew to carry a supply of beams, jackscrews and devices to be used in extricating the heavy guns when they got fast in the mud."
  • "The snow, curling and eddying across the little blaze of lamps, whitened everything alike, tender and wheel and rail, the jackscrews, the bars, and the shoulders and caps of the men."
  • "Care and common sense are the jackscrews to use in raising fine fruit."