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Webster 1913 Edition


Crosshead

Cross′headˊ

(-h?d)
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Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


crosshead

crosshead

English

Noun

crosshead (plural crossheads)

  1. (engineering) A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine

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