cylinder barrel

British  

noun

1. engineering the metal casting containing a cylinder of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine

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Example Sentences

"Moreover," said a Ford engineer last week, "$10,000 worth of centrifugal dies will turn out as many cylinder barrel blanks as a $110,000 forging hammer."

From Time Magazine Archive

The cylinder barrel would then be threaded into the valve box and the whole tightened or fastened to the crankcase by means of two sets of threads, one at each end of the barrel proper.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.

Cut out cylinder barrel, piston, and valve tube.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

Chenoweth states that on later engines an oil-control ring was added on the bottom of the piston, necessitating a considerable increase in the length of the cylinder barrel.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.

This can be seen in Figure 6, where the circular flange on the valve box contacts both the crankcase and the cylinder barrel.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.