WordNet
gear mechanism
n. a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) [syn: gear]
Usage examples of "gear mechanism".
A gear mechanism drags a stripchart under four recording styluses.
Although the room contained the gear mechanism and the shaft connected to the mill wheel, it was being used as a living area by the present tenants.
They, along with their bought mercenaries, had retreated into the two guard houses that protected the gear mechanism that would swing the huge wood and iron city gates closed.