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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??l/

  Rhymes: -??l

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /p?l/
• Homophones: pall, Paul

Noun

pawl (plural pawls)

1. 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.

2. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.

Derived terms

• pawl bitt
• pawl rim

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To stop with a pawl.

Derived terms

• pawl the capstan

Further reading

• pawl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Walp, plaw

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?t.?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?set.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?t.?/, /-??/
• Rhymes: -?t?, -?t?(r)
• Hyphenation: set?ter

Etymology 1

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set +? -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer.

Noun

setter (plural setters)

1. One who sets something, especially a typesetter.

2. A long-haired breed of gundog (Wikipedia).
3. (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
4. (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
5. (sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
6. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
7. One who adapts words to music in composition.
8. A shallow seggar for porcelain.

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Synonyms

• (computing): mutator

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• getter

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “setter”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Etymology 2

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Verb

setter (third-person singular simple present setters, present participle settering, simple past and past participle settered)

1. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

Anagrams

• Street, Tester, Teters, retest, street, tester

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English setter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.t??/

Noun

setter m (plural setters)

1. setter (dog)

Further reading

• “setter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English setter.

Noun

setter m (invariable)

1. setter (dog)

Further reading

• setter in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

setter

1. present of sette