crankcase

English

Etymology

crank +‎ case

Noun

crankcase (plural crankcases)

The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
- 1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 41:
  The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end.

Translations

crankcase

Arabic: عُلْبَة الْمِرْفَق f (ʕulba(t) al-mirfaq)
Danish: krumtaphus
Finnish: kampikammio (fi)
Greek: στροφαλοθάλαμος (el) m (strofalothálamos)
Hebrew: בֵּית גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה m (beyt gal arkuba)
Portuguese: cárter (pt) m
Serbo-Croatian: karter ulja m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cárter
Swedish: vevhus n
Thai: ห้องข้อเหวี่ยง

References

“crankcase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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