About The Word Crosshead
Learn about the word Crosshead to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Crosshead definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Crosshead
| Crosshead Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Crosshead?
[n] metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
[n] a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text Synonyms | Synonyms for Crosshead: crossheading Related Terms | Find terms related to Crosshead: See Also | block | head | header | heading | steam engine Crosshead In Webster's Dictionary \Cross"head`\ (-h?d), n. (Mach.)
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a
block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid
crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives
motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to
the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Browse ‐ the act of feeding by continual nibbling [n] reading superficially…
- Genus sciaena ‐ type genus of the…
- Jawless fish ‐ eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including…
- Scarlet bush ‐ handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers;…
- Coevals ‐ all the people living at the same time or of approximately the…
- Rotary converter ‐ electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that…
- Chimonanthus ‐ small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant…
- Bodhisattva ‐ Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to…
- Pumpkin vine ‐ a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy…
- Genus cacatua ‐ a genus of…