"cross-tail" meaning in All languages combined

See cross-tail on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cross-tails [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + tail. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|tail}} cross- + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-tail (plural cross-tails)
  1. A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Inflected forms

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        [
          "steam engine",
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        ],
        [
          "side",
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        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
        [
          "backaction",
          "backaction"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ]
      ]
    }
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          "steam engine",
          "steam engine"
        ],
        [
          "side",
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        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
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          "backaction",
          "backaction"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ]
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