crosshead
Americannoun
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Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
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Machinery. a sliding member of a reciprocating engine for keeping the motion of the joint between a piston rod and a connecting rod in a straight line.
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Nautical. a crosspiece on a rudderpost by which the rudder is turned.
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Engineering, Building Trades. a transverse timber for transmitting the lifting effort of two or more jackscrews supporting it to the foot of a shore that it supports.
noun
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printing a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
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a block or beam, usually restrained by sliding bearings in a reciprocating mechanism, esp the junction piece between the piston rod and connecting rod of an engine
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nautical a bar fixed across the top of the rudder post to which the tiller is attached
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a block, rod, or beam fixed at the head of any part of a mechanism
Etymology
Origin of crosshead
Example Sentences
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The two rams of these cylinders pass through the ends of, and carry, a crosshead, upon which the main ram rests.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
Adjusting the Guides.—Put the connecting rod in place on its pins, and revolve the crank until the guides have taken up that position which allows the crosshead to move freely.
From Things To Make by Archibald Williams
The condensers are placed at the outsides of the engine room, and the air, feed, and bilge pumps are between the engines and the condensers and worked by levers from the low-pressure engine crosshead.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
The crosshead was connected by two connecting rods to the side levers.
From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle
The piston rod and the crosshead obviously passed through its gun deck in a large hatch.
From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle
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