bouchon

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bouchon

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French bouchon

noun bouchons

A piece of tubing forming the pivot holes in watch and clock plates. After repairing the pivot a bouchon is selected as small as the pivot will admit, for the smaller the bouchon is, the neater will be the job. Open the hole of the plate or cock so that the bouchon […] will stand with a slight pressure upright in the opened hole of the plate or cock.

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@misc{bouchon_2026,
  title = {bouchon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bouchon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}