walking beam
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of walking beam
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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With new walking beam furnaces and an in-line slab sizing press, the mill is designed to be more efficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Near Manhattan's 37th St., in the "Old Tenderloin," he studied under Ablaba, a honkytonk pianist with a "left hand like a walking beam."
From Time Magazine Archive
Our boat was a side wheel steamer with a walking beam.
From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Elizabeth Whitney Williams
We say do not eliminate him—lift him up—make him what he naturally is and is in position to be—the walking beam of Business!
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Gerald Stanley Lee
The walking beam moves slowly up and down, and the Clermont floats out into the river.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
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