crosshead

English

Etymology

cross +‎ head

Noun

crosshead (plural crossheads)

1. (engineering) A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
2. (journalism) Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.

Translations

metal beam

• Bulgarian: кръстовка f (krǎstovka)
• Hebrew: רֹאשׁ צְלָב (he) m (rosh tslav), זַחֲלָן צְלָבִי (he) m (zakhalan tslavi)
• Icelandic: krosshaus m
• Irish: croscheann m
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• Italian: testacroce (it) m, testa a croce
• Serbo-Croatian: križna glava f