big end
noun Machinery.
the end of a connecting rod or piston rod that is attached to a crankpin.
Origin of big end
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby big end
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Example sentences from the Web for big end
That big-end story went the round of the camp too, you may be quite sure.
Fanny Goes to War |Pat Beauchamp
British Dictionary definitions for big end
big end
noun British
Also called (in vertical engines): bottom end
the larger end of a connecting rod in an internal-combustion engine
Compare little end
the bearing surface between the larger end of a connecting rod and the crankpin of the crankshaft