CENTER PIN Definition & Meaning

center pin

noun

Railroads.

a cylindrical device passing through the center plates of both the body bolster and the truck bolster, permitting the truck to swivel beneath the car body while the stress is taken by the center plate.

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Origin of center pin¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

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“Sportsmanlike behavior is the center pin to maintaining hunting as a socially acceptable activity,” Fred Trevey wrote in an email forwarded to the governor’s office.

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“I think it is important that you be the center pin!!”

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But no one did better than Michael Hartford, whose shot finished 3' 7" from a center pin placement. Impressive, although still not good enough to break the record of 1' 4" by Mark Wilson's caddie, Chris Jones, in 2005.

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“We played a center pin from the back tee, and it was 265,” Woods said.

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The truck is attached to the locomotive frame by a center pin, but the forward weight of the locomotive is carried by a roller which bears on the frame of the truck.

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