dead centre
noun
the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece
Also called:
dead point
Words nearby dead centre
dead arm,
dead as a doornail,
dead beat,
dead bury their dead, let the,
dead center,
dead centre,
dead data,
dead drop,
dead drunk,
dead duck,
dead end
Example sentences from the Web for dead centre
They half start, an' then they stick on a dead-centre, an' blame it all on other folk's ways o' treatin' them.
The Day's Work, Volume 1 |Rudyard Kipling