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

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