spring leaf

English

Noun

spring leaf (plural spring leaves)

1. One of the individual curved metal plates forming part of a leaf spring.
   • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 116:

     I nearly went through the cab roof, we broke spring leaves down the left-hand side of the truck and we had to jack the iceboxes back into place.