Sprag

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. R. S. Poole.

2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

See Sprack, a. Shak.