keyseat
keyway

For a key to function, the shaft and rotating machine element must have a keyway, also known as a keyseat, which is a slot or pocket the key fits in.

I tried them, but they would not even fit into the keyway.

A small key was sticking out of a keyway on the door.

However, it can produce the most accurate keyway out of all the processes.

Keyway excavation on either side of the dam continued through 1964.

He stabbed the key at the lock and missed the keyway.

Bumping the key inward forces it deeper into the keyway.

He inserted it in the keyway of the lock.

The keyway is a longitudinal slot in both the shaft and mating part.

Next, the broach is inserted and pushed through, cutting the keyway.

Slot drills are so named for their use in cutting keyway slots.

It is more properly known as a keyway.

She inserted the bit into the keyway again.

The bit clicked against the keyway as it was inserted into the right manacle.

Verna ran her fingers along the edge, feeling for the nature of the shield, or its keyway.

This point is located just above the center of the keyway on the face of the cylinder.

You can also use a standard tension wrench or small screwdriver and place it at the center of the keyway.

All of the other pins allow the pick to be supported by the inside wall of the keyway.

He identifies the keyway as the crack origin.

Woodruff cutters are used to cut the keyway for a woodruff key.

In addition to the colour-coding the voltage and frequency are encoded by the keyway position.

A spray of metal slivers swirled up from the keyway, spattered her face.

The bit was in the keyway.

He tried it on the keyway.

This makes the keyway very secure.

The film starts with an act of voyeurism, depicting a man peeping through a keyway into a woman's bedroom.