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

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Also called: dead point

Words nearby dead centre

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

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Example sentences 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.
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