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cab signals

cab signals is the plural of cab signal.

Meaning of cab signal

Noun

cab signal (plural cab signals)

  1. A device in the cab of a locomotive or train which displays the status of signals along the track.
    • As we sped effortlessly along at a steady 75-80 m.p.h., with the three vertical lights of a clear aspect shining unwinkingly on the ground glass of the cab signal, our engineer lolled back in his chair and leisurely lit a huge cigar; [...].1961 June, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States”, in Trains Illustrated, page 357

Questions about cab signals

What is cab signals the plural of?
Cab signals is the plural of cab signal.

Words near cab signals in the dictionary

  1. cab sav
  2. cab savs
  3. cab signal
  4. cab signaling
  5. cab signalling
  6. cab signals
  7. cab unit
  8. cab units
  9. cab-driver
  10. cab-drivers
  11. cab-rank rule

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