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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crosshead has 2 senses
- crosshead(n = noun.communication) crossheading - a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text; is a kind of head, header, heading
- crosshead(n = noun.artifact) - metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth; is a kind of block
is a part of steam engine
CIDE DICTIONARY
crosshead, 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. [1913 Webster]