Mech. [CROSS- 4.] In a back-action marine steam-engine: A transverse bar that 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.
