cutterhead
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cutterhead (plural cutterheads)
- A rotating cylindrical cutting tool located at the head of a drill, boring machine, or the like.
- 2022 December 14, Paul Stephen, “Network News: HS2's Dorothy starts to dig second tunnel bore”, in RAIL, number 972, page 22:
- The cutterhead, weighing 160 tonnes and with a ten-metre diameter, was moved by road in September.