slidebar

Meanings

nounslidebar (plural slidebars)

UKengineeringA crosshead guide.
The slidebars are of the three-bar type with underhung crosshead.
1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186

From slide + bar.

Cite this entry

APA

slidebar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slidebar

MLA

“slidebar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slidebar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slidebar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slidebar.

Source: slidebar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.