flare-nut wrench

English

Alternative forms

• flare nut wrench

Noun

flare-nut wrench (plural flare-nut wrenches)

1. (engineering) An open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).

Translations

a special spanner

• German: offener Ringschlüssel m

See also

• flare nut