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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hindleys screw

· Hind·ley·s screw · IPA
01 A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named …
  1. 1.
    A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.(Mech.)