bufferhead

== English == === Etymology === From buffer +‎ head. === Noun === bufferhead (plural bufferheads) (rail transport) The head of a buffer on a carriage which receives the impact. ==== Translations ==== === References === “bufferhead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.