drawgear
drawgear noun: a harness for draught horses.
Noun
drawgear (countable and uncountable, plural drawgears)
- A harness for draught horses.
- 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
- Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.1961 February, “Letters to the Editor: Swiss railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 126
- Synonyms:
- coupler
Synonyms of drawgear
Forms of drawgear
| plural | drawgears |
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Origin of drawgear
From draw + gear.
Questions about drawgear
- What does drawgear mean?
- Drawgear means a harness for draught horses.
- What part of speech is drawgear?
- Drawgear is a noun.
- What is the plural of drawgear?
- The plural of drawgear is drawgears.
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