The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stuffing \Stuff"ing\, n.
That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
(Cookery) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
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A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
Stuffing box, a device for rendering a joint impervious where there is a hole through which a movable cylindrical body, as the paston rod of a steam engine, or the plunger of a pump, slides back and forth, or in which a shaft turns. It usually consists of a box or chamber, made by an enlargement of part of the hole, forming a space around the rod or shaft for containing packing which is compressed and made to fill the space closely by means of a sleeve, called the gland, which fits loosely around the rod, and is pressed upon the packing by bolts or other means.
Wiktionary
alt. (context engineering English) an assembly containing a seal, or sealing material, around a shaft n. (context engineering English) an assembly containing a seal, or sealing material, around a shaft
WordNet
n. a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal [syn: packing box]
Wikipedia
A stuffing box is an assembly which is used to house a gland seal. It is used to prevent leakage of fluid, such as water or steam, between sliding or turning parts of machine elements.
Usage examples of "stuffing box".
These were at the propeller shafts, and at the top stuffing box through which the power cable passed.
He reached into the locker and spun a crank which lowered a thin, perfectly round cable through a watertight stuffing box.