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What is a linch?

What is a linch? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
  2. (rare, regional or obsolete) An acclivity; a small hill or hillock.
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During field operation, swivel the traffic safety equipment into working position, lock with pins and secure with linch pins.
Put the track loosener in vertical position, position it with the bolt and secure it with a linch pin.
None of the axle ends had been drilled for a linch pin, showing that the wheels and axles had never been assembled.
The support jack is stored in retracted position and secured by the linch pin when the sprayer is attached to the tractor.
The dissentient, Bristed, says that to linch is in various northern English dialects, and means to beat or maltreat.
I suspect that the spelling was a folk etymology, an eggcorn, that replaced the unfamiliar element linch with the familiar word lynch.

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