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bufferbeam

bufferbeam is the alternative form of buffer beam.

Meaning of buffer beam

Noun

buffer beam (plural buffer beams)

  1. A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
    • This locomotive was fitted experimentally with a seat on the front buffer beam, for the inspection of station gardens.1948 November and December, “The Holden 2-4-0 Locomotives of the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 374, photo caption
    Synonyms:
    headstock

Forms of bufferbeam

pluralbufferbeams

Questions about bufferbeam

What is bufferbeam the alternative form of?
Bufferbeam is the alternative form of buffer beam.

Words near bufferbeam in the dictionary

  1. buffer underrun
  2. buffer up
  3. buffer zone
  4. buffer zones
  5. bufferable
  6. bufferbeam
  7. bufferbeams
  8. bufferbloat
  9. bufferbloats
  10. bufferdom
  11. buffered

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