arch head


noun Machinery.

a vertical, arc-shaped member fixed to the end of a walking beam, for supporting a chain from which a pump rod or the like is suspended in such a way as to let it rise and fall vertically.

Example sentences from the Web for arch head

  • It is divided into four lights, and the arch-head is filled with good simple tracery.

    Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys |Dugald Butler and Herbert Story