check strap
1check strap — See door check strap …
2door check strap — A leather strap near the hinge which prevents the door from opening too far …
3strap — [1] A long flexible strip (usually of leather or rubber) used to connect two items. [2] A lead section to which battery plates of a group are joined. See battery strap butt strap check strap door check strap driveshaft safety strap earth strap… …
4check — [1] An inspection to determine if everything is functional. [2] A slight slash or marking which may appear in a tire or upholstery. Also see checking compression check door check arm door check strap optical check …
5check — check1 checkless, adj. /chek/, v., n., pl. checks or, for 45, chex, adj., interj. v.t. 1. to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff. 2. to restrain; hold in restraint or control: They… …
6check, curb, restrain, constrain — These words refer to putting some control on action, movement, development, or progress, but they differ in minor ways. Check means to arrest suddenly, to halt : The rider checked his horse and leaped from the saddle. Curb implies the use of a… …
7Check valve — Valve Valve, n. [L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door: cf. F. valve.] [1913 Webster] 1. A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door. [1913 Webster] Swift through the valves the visionary fair… …
8Buddy check — The buddy check is a procedure carried out by SCUBA divers using the buddy system where each diver checks that the other s diving equipment is configured and functioning correctly just before the start of the dive. [Sport Diving, p118,123,… …
9launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
10Wii — For the succeeding console, see Wii U. Wii …
