Trundlehead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.
  2. 2
    The drumhead of a capstan, especially the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the same axis.

Etymology

From trundle + head.

Related phrases

lantern wheel

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