Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rod attached to the piston of an engine or pump and projecting through the head of the cylinder away from the crank. Such a rod helps to support and steady the piston, especially in an engine having a very long stroke.
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Two of these valves are placed in each piston of a double-acting air cylinder, the piston being hollow and the free air being admitted through a tail-rod pipe, letter E, Fig. 15.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various
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