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crane engines

crane engines is the plural of crane engine.

Meaning of crane engine

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.

Questions about crane engines

What is crane engines the plural of?
Crane engines is the plural of crane engine.

Words near crane engines in the dictionary

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

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