crosshead

English

Etymology

cross +‎ head

Noun

crosshead (plural crossheads)

(engineering) A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
(journalism) Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.

Translations

metal beam

Hebrew: רֹאשׁ צְלָב‎ (he) m (rosh tslav), זַחֲלָן צְלָבִי‎ (he) m (zakhalan tslavi)
Icelandic: krosshaus m
Irish: croscheann m

Italian: testacroce (it) m, testa a croce
Serbo-Croatian: križna glava f

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