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cantrails

cantrails is the plural of cantrail.

Meaning of cantrail

Noun

cantrail (plural cantrails)

  1. (UK) A length of metal (earlier timber) supporting the outer edge of the roof of a railway carriage; also found on locomotives, buses and coaches.
    • As was briefly reported last month, the S.R. is experimenting with the Continental method of making the class of train accommodation more conspicuous by painting a coloured strip below the cantrail of the coaches.1960 March, “Talking of Trains: "Rainbow" trains on the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 135

Questions about cantrails

What is cantrails the plural of?
Cantrails is the plural of cantrail.

Words near cantrails in the dictionary

  1. cantos
  2. Cantoses
  3. cantour
  4. cantours
  5. cantrail
  6. cantrails
  7. cantraip
  8. cantraips
  9. Cantrall
  10. Cantralls
  11. cantrap

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