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. |