单词 | head block |
释义 | head block/ˈhɛd blɒk/noun 1In a sawmill: a support which holds the log on the carriage while it is being sawn. 2 Carriage-building. A part of the frame, usually a block of wood, which connects the fifth wheel with the front of the carriage body. Also attributive in head block plate. Now chiefly historical. 3In the logging industry: a log placed under the front end of the skids in a skidway so as to raise them. Now rare. OriginLate 16th century (in an earlier sense). From head + block. |
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