Crosshead

Quick meaning: Crosshead is a noun meaning (mechanical engineering) A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (journalism) Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.
2. A screw with a cross-shaped indentation for gripping and turning, as opposed to a flathead.
3. (musical notation) A note with an x-shaped notehead, indicating a non-tonal sound such as a drumbeat or a rapped syllable.

Example Sentences

The screws were crossheads and the screwdriver was slightly too large for them, so he had to hold it at an angle.

Other bits of furniture include [...] the crosshead, a short heading between paragraphs that breaks up a long piece.

All the Connor characteristics are seen in this locomotive: sharply inclined cylinders let into the side framing, which was slotted to expose the crosshead; […].

Word Forms

• crossheads

Synonyms for crosshead

Depending on context, synonyms include crossheading.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beam, headstock, cross-tail, stock, head, cotter.

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