Meaning of linchpin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.
2. A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
   figuratively

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Examples

“In ij camellis ferri vocatis lynspins emptis pro carectis iiijᵈ.”

“Every design that villany could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended “coopering,” even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with.”

“The axles were attached to the wooden floors with leather straps, the floor projecting on each side to take the wheels which were secured by linchpins to their outer faces.”

“What is difficult to appreciate, however, is the discrepancy between his statement to the 'Manchester Guardian' correspondent and his known abhorance for party politics, which is the lynchpin of modern democracy.”

“Community nurses have been described as the lynchpins of palliative care in the community.”

“Second, QAnon, whose adherents have deep ties to countless other large communities, has become a linchpin in that ecosystem, and the absurdity of its claims in no way reduces its political influence.”

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