Associations to the word «Headstock»

Wiktionary

HEADSTOCK, noun. (mining) A headframe.
HEADSTOCK, noun. A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
HEADSTOCK, noun. A beam that supports a bell.
HEADSTOCK, noun. A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
HEADSTOCK, noun. The part of a guitar that holds the tensioning screws of the strings.

Dictionary definition

HEADSTOCK, noun. The stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats