different between oldenglish vs pawl

English

17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”).

pawl (plural pawls)

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing:
  The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled.
A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.

pawl (third-person singular simple present pawls, present participle pawling, simple past and past participle pawled)

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