" gear "

[Noun]  | "gear" | \ ˈgir \

1: clothing, garments

2: movable property : goods

3: equipment, paraphernalia

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, gǫrvi; akin to Old English gearwe equipment, clothing, gearu ready {mat|yare|};

[Noun]  | "arresting gear" 

1: an apparatus that is used to halt the forward motion of an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier by catching a hook on the airplane's tail and that consists of a series of wire cables extending across the flight deck

Origin: 1919 ;

[Noun]  | "bevel gear" 

1: either of a pair of toothed wheels whose working surfaces are inclined to nonparallel axes

Origin: circa 1790 ;

[Noun]  | "differential gear" 

1: differential

Origin: 1855 ;

[Noun]  | "high gear" 

1: high

2: a state of intense or maximum activity —usually used with into or in

Origin: 1889 ;

[Noun]  | "landing gear" 

1: the part that supports the weight of an airplane or spacecraft when in contact with the land or water

Origin: 1911 ;

[Noun]  | "reduction gear" 

1: a combination of gears used to reduce the input speed (as of a marine turbine) to a lower output speed (as of a ship's propeller)

Origin: 1883 ;

[Noun]  | "running gear" 

1: the working and carrying parts of a machine (such as a locomotive)

2: the parts of an automobile chassis not used in developing, transmitting, and controlling power

Origin: 1805 ;

[Verb]  | "gear" 

1: to provide (machinery) with gearing

2: to connect by gearing

3: to make ready for effective operation

Origin: 1851 ;

 Derivative of {see: |gear:1|gear:1};

[Verb]  | "gear up" 

1: to get ready

Origin: 1943 ;

[Verb]  | "gear" 

[Verb]  | "gear up" 

[Noun]  | "gear" 

[Noun]  | "rain gear" 

[Adjective]  | "in gear"