Tailstock

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Tailstocks
possessive: Tailstock's
pluralpossessive: Tailstocks'

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