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driveheads

driveheads is the plural of drivehead.

Meaning of drivehead

Noun

drivehead (plural driveheads)

  1. A cap or similar end-piece that fits over or into the end of a moving mechanical part to protect the end from driving of that part.
    • Stating that the circumstances of this accident disclosed a number of features which ought to be borne in mind in working shearer loader faces, Mr. Nussey points out that the drivehead of the conveyor was not securely stelled before the accident and the extra pull on the haulage rope pulled it...1963, Steel & Coal, volume 187, page 450

Questions about driveheads

What is driveheads the plural of?
Driveheads is the plural of drivehead.

Words near driveheads in the dictionary

  1. drivebys
  2. drived
  3. drivee
  4. drivees
  5. drivehead
  6. driveheads
  7. drivel
  8. driveled
  9. driveler
  10. drivelers
  11. driveless

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