sprag

Meanings

Adjective

• Alternative of sprack

Noun

• A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop.
• A young salmon.

Verb

• To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep slope, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
• To prop or sustain with a sprag.

Origin

• See spray.
• Compare Icelandic spraka?