anti-sway bar

noun

an·​ti-sway bar ¦an-tī-¦swā- 

¦an-tē-

: sway bar sense 2

A rear anti-sway bar (there was none in front) was mounted transversely … with arms trailing rearward to the links to the rear axle.

—Dean Batchelor, Car and Driver, September 1984

Word History

Etymology

anti- entry 1 + sway entry 1

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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