headbox
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
headbox (plural headboxes)
- Synonym of headrail
- A device for distributing a suspension of solids in water to a machine at a constant rate, or for retarding the rate of flow, as to a top-feed filter, or for eliminating by overflow some of the finest particles.
- The topmost square of a USPSA target holding the B and A scoring zones.
Translations edit
part of USPSA target
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References edit
- United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).