fork-headn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfork-head.

†1. An arrow with barbed head. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > barbed arrow

forked-head1574

forker1589

fork-head1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg3 Through his habericon the forkehead flew.

2. Mechanics.

a. (See quot. 1874.)

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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Fork~head, the double head of a rod which divides in order to form a connection by means of a pin.

b. = cross-tail n.

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1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

d. The part of a bicycle frame in which the (front or back) wheel revolves; also attributive, as fork-blade, fork-crown, fork-end, fork-head. Also plural.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > frame and parts of

frame1869

fork1871

headpiece1877

head1881

frameset1899

dropout1923

crossbar1966

1871 English Mechanic 13 144 Can any reader give me a description of socket and fork of ‘Ariel’ bicycle?

1880 Scott. Football Ann. (advt.) The Howe Bicycle, all the latest improvements, hollow oval fork, &c.

1892 Work 27 Aug. 379/2 Front mud-guard should be fixed to fork crown with a bolt and nut.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 277/1 Pressing with the thumbs upon the hub, spring the fork ends one by one over the end of the axle.

1902 Captain 7 83/1 The fork head of the Raleigh.

1908 Daily Chron. 7 Nov. 7/1 In a fog it is better to carry one's lamp on the fork-blade than high up.

1952 Cycling (‘Know the Game’ Series) (1964) 17 The wheel revolves on a spindle contained in the hub and this is usually secured in the forks of the cycle by means of two ordinary nuts.

1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 544/2 The fork crown (at the top of the forks) is fixed to the steering column.

1968 Which? Aug. 233 We measured the strength of front forks (the parts of the frame which are likely to bend or crack first), pedal cranks and carriers.

单词	fork-head
释义	fork-headn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfork-head. †1. An arrow with barbed head. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > barbed arrow forked-head1574 forker1589 fork-head1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg3 Through his habericon the forkehead flew. 2. Mechanics. a. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Fork~head, the double head of a rod which divides in order to form a connection by means of a pin. b. = cross-tail n. ΚΠ 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas fork-head d. The part of a bicycle frame in which the (front or back) wheel revolves; also attributive, as fork-blade, fork-crown, fork-end, fork-head. Also plural. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > frame and parts of frame1869 fork1871 headpiece1877 head1881 frameset1899 dropout1923 crossbar1966 1871 English Mechanic 13 144 Can any reader give me a description of socket and fork of ‘Ariel’ bicycle? 1880 Scott. Football Ann. (advt.) The Howe Bicycle, all the latest improvements, hollow oval fork, &c. 1892 Work 27 Aug. 379/2 Front mud-guard should be fixed to fork crown with a bolt and nut. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 277/1 Pressing with the thumbs upon the hub, spring the fork ends one by one over the end of the axle. 1902 Captain 7 83/1 The fork head of the Raleigh. 1908 Daily Chron. 7 Nov. 7/1 In a fog it is better to carry one's lamp on the fork-blade than high up. 1952 Cycling (‘Know the Game’ Series) (1964) 17 The wheel revolves on a spindle contained in the hub and this is usually secured in the forks of the cycle by means of two ordinary nuts. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 544/2 The fork crown (at the top of the forks) is fixed to the steering column. 1968 Which? Aug. 233 We measured the strength of front forks (the parts of the frame which are likely to bend or crack first), pedal cranks and carriers. extracted from forkn. < n.1590 as lemmas
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fork-headn.

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