Tailstock vs. Headstock

Tailstocknoun

The part of a lathe that holds the object being worked along its rotatory axis.

Tailstocknoun

The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

Tailstocknoun

support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece

Tailstock

A tailstock, also known as a foot stock, is a device often used as part of an engineering lathe, wood-turning lathe, or used in conjunction with a rotary table on a milling machine. It is usually used to apply support to the longitudinal rotary axis of a workpiece being machined.

Headstocknoun

(mining) A headframe.

Headstocknoun

A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part

Headstocknoun

A beam that supports a bell.

Headstocknoun

A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.

Headstocknoun

The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.

Headstocknoun

(rail) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe.

Headstocknoun

A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine

Headstocknoun

the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)

Headstock

A headstock or peghead is part of a guitar or similar stringed instruments such as a lute, mandolin, banjo, ukulele and others of the lute lineage. The main function of a headstock is to house the pegs or mechanism that holds the strings at the of the instrument.