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bolster wagon

bolster wagon noun: a flat or low-sided wagon, typically four-wheeled in contrast to a bogie bolster wagon with eight wheels, fitted with one or more heavy wooden baulks (bolsters), usually mounted transversely on its deck to support the load it carries. Two or more wagons can be coupled to carry a long load.

Noun

bolster wagon (plural bolster wagons)

  1. A flat or low-sided wagon, typically four-wheeled in contrast to a bogie bolster wagon with eight wheels, fitted with one or more heavy wooden baulks (bolsters), usually mounted transversely on its deck to support the load it carries. Two or more wagons can be coupled to carry a long load.
    • Bolster wagons are wagons fitted with heavy timber baulks which enable steel rails, long timber or similar traffic to be carried above the very low wagon sides. Single bolsters are used in groups of up to five. When five single bolsters are used in a set the load is secured to the second and fourth...1944 September and October, T. F. Cameron, “The Distribution of Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 269

Forms of bolster wagon

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Words formed from bolster wagon

Questions about bolster wagon

What does bolster wagon mean?
Bolster wagon means a flat or low-sided wagon, typically four-wheeled in contrast to a bogie bolster wagon with eight wheels, fitted with one or more heavy wooden baulks (bolsters), usually mounted transversely on its deck to support the load it carries. Two or more wagons can be coupled to carry a long load.
What part of speech is bolster wagon?
Bolster wagon is a noun.
What is the plural of bolster wagon?
The plural of bolster wagon is bolster wagons.

Words near bolster wagon in the dictionary

  1. Bolsovian
  2. Bolstad
  3. Bolstads
  4. bolster
  5. bolster up
  6. bolster wagon
  7. bolster wagons
  8. bolstered
  9. bolstered up
  10. bolsterer
  11. bolsterers

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