headstock
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headstock
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From head + stock.
noun headstocks
- A headframe. It was a beautiful day. At Brinsley pit the white steam melted slowly in the sunshine of a soft blue sky; the wheels of the headstocks twinkled high up; the screen, shuffling its coal into the trucks, made a busy noise.
- A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that contains the primary spindle.
- 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.
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A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
The two-axle bogies, of Metro-Vick swing-link type, are of one-piece cast-steel construction with box-section side frames and headstocks.
Similar: buffer beam
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Talk about this word "headstock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/headstock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. headstock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/headstock "headstock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/headstock.Cite this
@misc{headstock_2026,
title = {headstock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headstock},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
