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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)
Answer for the clue "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) ", 9 letters:
headstock
Word definitions for headstock in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Headstock \Head"stock`\ (-st[o^]k`), n. (Mach.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine; as: The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Headstock is a part of guitar or similar stringed instrument. Headstock may also refer to: Headstock (mine) , the structure above an underground mine shaft Headstock (rolling stock) , part of a rail vehicle Headstock, part of a lathe Headstock, the hold ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx mining English) A headframe. 2 A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part 3 A beam that supports a bell. 4 A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck. 5 The part of a guitar that holds the tensioning screws of the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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)
Usage examples of headstock.
On the crest of the hill, Selby, with its stark houses and the up-pricked headstocks of the pit, stood in black silhouette small against the sky.
He never went past the pits at night, by the lighted lamp-house, the tall black headstocks and lines of trucks, past the fans spinning slowly like shadows, without the feeling of Miriam returning to him, keen and almost unbearable.
I like the rows of trucks, and the headstocks, and the steam in the daytime, and the lights at night.
He glanced at the faded backs of the reference books, idly spun the loose headstock of a bench lathe, curiously tapped the time-stiffened keys of a tiny portable calculating machine - which must have been a remote cybernectic forebear of the humanoids themselves.