starting handle

English

This old Fordson tractor has a starting handle

Noun

starting handle (plural starting handles)

1. (automotive, dated) a crank handle fitted to or supplied with older vehicles for the purpose of starting the engine, even if fitted with a starter motor.

References

• “starting handle”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “starting handle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.