英语释义
1. a normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a railroad car truck and a car body in sluing
2. a heavy chain by which railroad cars may be connected to protect against accidental uncoupling
3. a small chain used as a secondary safeguard on a piece of jewelry (as a watch or bracelet)
4. a chain formed of sheet metal links with an elongated hole through each broad end and constructed by a repeated series of doubling a link upon itself, slipping the next link through the two now superimposed holes of the first, and doubling it