Underlever
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Underlever is a noun meaning A lever behind the trigger guard of a rifle.
Meaning
A lever behind the trigger guard of a rifle.
More Meanings
- A particular piano component.
Example Sentences
The wippen, a mechanism of underlevers, controls the jacks that push the hammers up to the strings.
The second assembly is the underlever / damper assembly which comprises all the linkage that activates the damper system, which stops the tone when the key is pressed.
Incidentally, the current underlevers developed and produced after World War II are vastly improved over the prewar types, though millions of the latter are still used.
Word Forms
- underlevers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trigger, underlug, latchet, lever, lump, plunger.
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