English

Noun

pushrod ‎(plural pushrods)

1. A rod in a piston engine that actuates rocker arms above the cylinder head.
   • 2007 January 14, Don Sherman, “Making Modern Horsepower the Old-Fashioned Way”, in New York Times:

     The cam-within-a-cam concept has existed for decades, but perfecting it for production might just add another decade to the life of the pushrod engine.