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cross-tails

cross-tails is the plural of cross-tail.

Meaning of cross-tail

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.

Questions about cross-tails

What is cross-tails the plural of?
Cross-tails is the plural of cross-tail.

Words near cross-tails in the dictionary

  1. cross-subsidy
  2. cross-tab
  3. cross-tabs
  4. cross-tabulate
  5. cross-tail
  6. cross-tails
  7. cross-talk
  8. cross-thread
  9. cross-threaded
  10. cross-threading
  11. cross-threadings

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