box coupling
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union. [1913 Webster]
2.(Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. [1913 Webster]
Box coupling, Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain.
Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together.
Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc. [1913 Webster]
1.A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. [1913 Webster]
2.The quantity that a box contain. [1913 Webster]
3.A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. [1913 Webster]
Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage.— Dorset.[1913 Webster]
The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
4.A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. [1913 Webster]
Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box.— J. Warton.[1913 Webster]
5.A small country house. "A shooting box." --Wilson. [1913 Webster]
Tight boxes neatly sashed.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]
6.A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. [1913 Webster]
7.(Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. [1913 Webster]
8.The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. [1913 Webster]
9.A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. "A Christmas box." --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
10.(Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. [1913 Webster]
11.(Zool.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. [1913 Webster]
Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. [1913 Webster]
Box beam (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box.
Box car (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents.
Box chronometer, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position.
Box coat, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain.
Box coupling, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery.
Box crab (Zool.), a crab of the genus Calappa, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box.
Box drain (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom.
Box girder (Arch.), a box beam.
Box groove (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond.
Box metal, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc.
Box plait, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left.
Box turtle or
Box tortoise (Zool.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera Cistudo and Emys; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson.
In a box, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.)
In the wrong box, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554) [1913 Webster]