(n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The technique for immobilizing these fractures involves a sliding a Kuntscher nail over a tension rod, and then fixing the clevis of the tension rod to the distal bone fragments by a transverse screw.