ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Headblock

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Headblock is a noun meaning In a sawmill carriage, a cross-block on which the head of the log rests.

Meaning

In a sawmill carriage, a cross-block on which the head of the log rests.

More Meanings

  1. (historical) A piece of wood in a carriage (vehicle), connected with the spring and the perches, and joining the fore-gear and the hind-gear.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include receder, block, sawbuck, sawlog, brob, butcherblock.

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