Rocker-arm
noun, Machinery.
1.
a rocking or oscillating arm or lever rotating with a moving shaft or pivoted on a stationary shaft.
noun
1.
a lever that rocks about a pivot, esp a lever in an internal-combustion engine that transmits the motion of a pushrod or cam to a valve
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