headstock
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A headframe.
noun
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
noun
A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The two-axle bogies, of Metro-Vick swing-link type, are of one-piece cast-steel construction with box-section side frames and headstocks."