working part

English

Noun

working part (plural working parts)

1. (rope) The section of rope between the working end and a knot being made.
2. A part of a machine that moves and helps to operate it.
   • 1951 July, “British Standard Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, pages 438-439:

     2. Simplicity, with the least number of working parts, all readily visible and accessible.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 116:

     Every village had a flour-mill, worked by wind or water. The buildings were usually of wood, as were all the working parts of the mill, except for the stones.

See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot
• standing end
• standing part
• working end