double overhead camshaft

noun

, Automotive.

1. a pair of overhead camshafts, one to operate the intake valves and the other to operate the exhaust valves. : DOHC

Example Sentences

For this year, Ford had a brand-new, strictly racing engine with an aluminum block, double overhead camshaft, and a fuel injection system that cranked up close to 420 h.p.

From Time Magazine Archive