dead centre
noun
the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece
Nearby words
dead arm, dead as a doornail, dead beat, dead bury their dead, let the, dead center, dead centre, dead data, dead drop, dead drunk, dead duck, dead end
Also called: dead point
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Examples from the Web for dead centre
They half start, an' then they stick on a dead-centre, an' blame it all on other folk's ways o' treatin' them.
The Day's Work, Volume 1|Rudyard Kipling