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bolster wagons

bolster wagons is the plural of bolster wagon.

Meaning of bolster wagon

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

Questions about bolster wagons

What is bolster wagons the plural of?
Bolster wagons is the plural of bolster wagon.

Words near bolster wagons in the dictionary

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

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