Definition of "crosshead" []

• A beam that connects the piston rod to the connecting rod of a reciprocating engine. (noun)

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• ""This is my own collection, since I was 11 years old," he explained during a recent tour, standing before a display of crosshead plates that forms the centerpiece of his tiny museum."
• "As a supervisor at one local elevator-repair company and the founder, in 1973, of Century Elevator, another repair business, he says that his employees would find old crosshead plates while out on jobs."
• "The part of the housing to which the static grinding disk is fastened is welded to a crosshead made of channel steel 60."