Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crosshead

2 senses of crosshead

Sense 1
crossheading, crosshead -- (a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text)
       => heading, header, head -- (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text")

Sense 2
crosshead -- (metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth)
       => block -- (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks")