Words Like HEADSTOCK

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1 Alternative Words Similar to headstock

1 Support Noun      Synonym Words Like Support

10 definitions of headstock

1 In machinery: The framing used to support the gudgeons of a wheel.
2 In a lathe, the frame which supports the live spindle, to which the work is chucked or dogged, as distinguished from the tail-stock, which supports the dead spindle; the live head.
3 The transverse member which forms the end of the under frame of an American railroad-car.
4 The central frame of a spinning-mule, containing the operative mechanism of the machine.
5 The wooden cross-beam to which a bell is bolted and which serves as the pivot on which it swings. Also called stock.
6 A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
7 A beam that supports a bell
8 A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck
9 The part of a guitar that holds the tensioning screws of the strings
10 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)
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