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noun Machinery.
a vertical, arc-shaped member fixed to the end of a walking beam, for supporting a chain from which a pump rod or the like is suspended in such a way as to let it rise and fall vertically.
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How to use arch head in a sentence
It is divided into four lights, and the arch-head is filled with good simple tracery.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys|Dugald Butler and Herbert StoryA chain from the piston-rod to the arch head, as described in the single-acting engine, would fail to transmit this force.
The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)|Dionysius LardnerBut the arch head has a natural organism, which separates its ornament into distinct families, broadly definable.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin