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coupling rods

coupling rods is the plural of coupling rod.

Meaning of coupling rod

Noun

coupling rod (plural coupling rods)

  1. A rod that couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, a steam locomotive in particular, so that the driving wheels act together as a unit.
    • The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store.1960 March, “Notes and News: Two Scenes from Norfolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 214
    Synonyms:
    side rod, siderod

Questions about coupling rods

What is coupling rods the plural of?
Coupling rods is the plural of coupling rod.

Words near coupling rods in the dictionary

  1. coupling pin
  2. coupling pins
  3. coupling pole
  4. coupling poles
  5. coupling rod
  6. coupling rods
  7. coupling up
  8. coupling-box
  9. coupling-boxes
  10. couplings
  11. couplish

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