crosshead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crosshead	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crosshead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crosshead n a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text Synonym(s): crossheading, crosshead metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crosshead \Cross"head`\ (-h?d), n. (Mach.) 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.