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close-coupled

UK/kləʊsˈkʌpəld/

close-coupled adjective: attached, coupled or fixed close together.

Adjective

close-coupled (not comparable)

  1. Attached, coupled or fixed close together.
    • Great Northern Railway outer-suburban passenger train of close-coupled four-wheel coaches, hauled by Ivatt 4-4-2 tank locomotive painted grey with white lettering in 1915, as a wartime measure1950 April, R. A. H. Weight, “They Passed by My Window”, in Railway Magazine, page 255, photo caption
    • Actually, as built, these were the motive power ends of two passenger railcars, each being close-coupled to a driving trailer which had only one axle at the locomotive end and a bogie at the other.1961 February, “Letters to the Editor: Swiss railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 126

Questions about close-coupled

What does close-coupled mean?
Close-coupled means attached, coupled or fixed close together.
What part of speech is close-coupled?
Close-coupled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce close-coupled?
Close-coupled is pronounced /kləʊsˈkʌpəld/ (UK).

Words near close-coupled in the dictionary

  1. close with
  2. close with a buck
  3. close, but no cigar
  4. close-back
  5. close-bodied
  6. close-coupled
  7. close-cropped
  8. close-ear
  9. close-eared
  10. close-ended question
  11. close-ended questions

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