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crane engine

crane engine noun: synonym of crane locomotive.

crane engine: synonym of crane locomotive
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Noun

crane engine (plural crane engines)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of crane locomotive.
    • Great Western Railway 0-6-4 pannier-tank crane engine No. 18, "Steropes" built in 1903, at Swindon in September, 19271951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 660, photo caption
  2. (obsolete) A traction engine fitted with a crane.

Synonyms of crane engine

Forms of crane engine

pluralcrane engines

Questions about crane engine

What does crane engine mean?
Crane engine means synonym of crane locomotive.
What part of speech is crane engine?
Crane engine is a noun.
What is the plural of crane engine?
The plural of crane engine is crane engines.

Words near crane engine in the dictionary

  1. Crandon
  2. crane
  3. Crane County
  4. crane driver
  5. crane drivers
  6. crane engine
  7. crane engines
  8. crane flies
  9. crane fly
  10. crane game
  11. crane games

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