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draw gear

draw gear is the alternative form of drawgear.

Meaning of drawgear

Noun

drawgear (countable and uncountable, plural drawgears)

  1. (countable) A harness for draught horses.
  2. The means or parts by which cars or carriages are connected to be drawn.
    • Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding...1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
    Synonyms:
    coupler

Questions about draw gear

What is draw gear the alternative form of?
Draw gear is the alternative form of drawgear.

Words near draw gear in the dictionary

  1. draw even
  2. draw filing
  3. draw fire
  4. draw frame
  5. draw frames
  6. draw gear
  7. draw hoe
  8. draw hoes
  9. draw in
  10. draw in one's horns
  11. draw into

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