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cutterhead

noun

Etymology

From cutter + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as cutterhead — “cutter + head”

Definitions

  1. A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or…

    A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or the like.

    • The cutterhead, weighing 160 tonnes and with a ten-metre diameter, was moved by road in September.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA