side play

English

Noun

side play (uncountable)

(mechanical engineering) Lateral freedom of movement in moving parts.
- 1939 June, Lieut.-Colonel K. H. Reed, “Locomotives of the B.C.D.R.”, in Railway Magazine, pages 416, 422:
  The leading end of the coupling rod is provided with ½-in. side-play and self-aligning bearings to take the sharp curves on the dock sidings, which have a radius of 170 ft. The bogie has a side-play of 5 in.

References

“side play” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
“side play” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

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