crosshead's Usage Examples:

section as "going equipped for stealing, etc", and by the preceding crossheading as "possession of housebreaking implements, etc".

gear dispensed with the combination lever which transmitted some of the crosshead motion to the valves.

combination levers were driven, as normal, from the crossheads.

The Phillips-head ("crosshead") screw and screwdriver are named after him.

The speed of the crosshead, and consequently.

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The air pumps were driven by lever from crossheads with guides between HP and LP cylinders.

applications are in fixing a crank to its crankshaft, as in a bicycle, or a piston rod to a crosshead, as in a steam engine.

and the overhanging outer firebox had a flat top on which there was a safety valve and a pump (Fahrpumpe) driven by the crossheads.

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slide-bar type piston crossheads, popular in Europe but prone to rapid wear under South African conditions.

attached to the back of the spectacle plate, were operated from the piston crossheads.

The crosshead became part of the piston, and there was no longer any piston rod.

Synonyms:

steam engine, block,

Antonyms:

undock, follower, natural depression,