Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Headstock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Headstock \Head"stock`\, n. (Mach.)
A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for
supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine;
as:
(a) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and
its attachments; -- also called {poppet head}, the
opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock.
(b) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter,
etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
headstock
n : 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)
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