Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Crosshead

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Crosshead


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(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.