Word Meaning

Meaning of "spanner" and the crossword clue

- A tool handy for building a bridge?
- Mechanic's tool
- Steel hand tool
- Tool for turning nuts or bolts
- Tool required when pens ran out
- Wrench
- One who, or that which, spans.
- The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.
- An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.
- A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.