English

Noun

Babbitt metal ‎(plural Babbitt metals)

1. A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.

See also

• white metal

References

• Babbitt metal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913