Thesaurus: crosshead

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
3. n. metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
4. 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.
5. A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a blockattached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiecerunning between parallel slides, which receives motion from thepiston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, whichis hinged to the crosshead.
6. n:100 n. metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth