ˈcross-tail Mech.
[cross- 4.]
In a back-action marine steam-engine: A transverse bar which connects the side levers at the end opposite to the cross-head, and to which the connecting-rod is attached.
| 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Eng. 81 The fork-head or cross-tail..The cross-tail, in shape, resembles the cross-head of the piston, only it is considerably larger and stronger. |