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driving trailer

driving trailer noun: an unpowered coach fitted with a driving cab and placed at one or both ends of a train.

Noun

driving trailer (plural driving trailers)

  1. An unpowered coach fitted with a driving cab and placed at one or both ends of a train.
    • The motor coaches will have no driving compartments, and the end vehicles of every unit will be driving trailers.1954 November, “Trains for Southend Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 737
    Synonyms:
    autocoach

Synonyms of driving trailer

Forms of driving trailer

pluraldriving trailers

Questions about driving trailer

What does driving trailer mean?
Driving trailer means an unpowered coach fitted with a driving cab and placed at one or both ends of a train.
What part of speech is driving trailer?
Driving trailer is a noun.
What is the plural of driving trailer?
The plural of driving trailer is driving trailers.

Words near driving trailer in the dictionary

  1. driving the porcelain bus
  2. driving time
  3. driving times
  4. driving to distraction
  5. driving to drink
  6. driving trailer
  7. driving trailers
  8. driving truck
  9. driving under the influence
  10. driving up
  11. driving van trailer

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