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bell housing

noun
variants: or less commonly bellhousing \ ˈbel-​ËŒhau̇-​ziÅ‹ \
plural bell housings also bellhousings

Definition of bell housing

automotive
: the bell-shaped housing covering the clutch and the flywheel in an automobile engine After installing and torquing all the bellhousing bolts to spec, you can reinstall any motor mounts that you had removed, the drive axles, as well as any other components under the car.— John Decker, Popular Mechanics, September 1997

First Known Use of bell housing

1915, in the meaning defined above

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