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Garratts

Garratts is the plural of Garratt.

Meaning of Garratt

Noun

Garratt (plural Garratts)

  1. A steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler.
    • The 13th class were the first Garratts on the line and on arrival were set to work on the Villa [sic: Vila] Machado-Umtali section, increasing the train load from the 350 tons hauled by the 9th class to 450 tons.1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640
    Synonyms:
    Beyer-Garratt

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Questions about Garratts

What is Garratts the plural of?
Garratts is the plural of Garratt.

Words near Garratts in the dictionary

  1. garrans
  2. Garrard
  3. Garrard County
  4. Garrards
  5. Garratt
  6. Garratts
  7. Garraway
  8. Garraways
  9. garrelsite
  10. Garrelts
  11. Garreltses

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