ALL meanings of cross-heads
cross-heads
C c - noun cross-heads Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column. 1
- noun cross-heads Machinery. a sliding member of a reciprocating engine for keeping the motion of the joint between a piston rod and a connecting rod in a straight line. 1
- noun cross-heads Nautical. a crosspiece on a rudderpost by which the rudder is turned. 1
- noun cross-heads Engineering, Building Trades. a transverse timber for transmitting the lifting effort of two or more jackscrews supporting it to the foot of a shore that it supports. Compare shore2 (def 1). 1