Wort des Tages 1 September 2026

trunnion

A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions.

Warum dieses Wort

A pin a component pivots on. The word is medieval artillery vocabulary that ended up in car suspensions.

In use

Front end's clunking over bumps, so check the trunnion before you go blaming the bushes.

Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.

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