headstock
(noun) the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
headstock (plural headstocks)
(mining) A headframe.
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
A beam that supports a bell.
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
(rail) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe.
• buffer beam (rail)
Source: Wiktionary
Head"stock`, n. (Mach.)
Definition: A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine; as: (a) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock. (b) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
