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pannier tank

pannier tank noun: a type of tank fitted to both sides of the boiler of a tank locomotive.

pannier tank: a type of tank fitted to both sides of the boiler of a tank locomotive
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Noun

pannier tank (plural pannier tanks)

  1. A type of tank fitted to both sides of the boiler of a tank locomotive.
    • The 0-6-0 tank engine has long been a fairly common type on British railways, but with side tanks or saddle tank. The pannier tank combines the good features of these two. It leaves both the running board and the top of the boiler clear, facilitating access to the motion, and permitting the use of...1954 October, W. A. Tuplin, “Pannier Tank Engines of the Great Western Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 677
  2. A tank locomotive fitted with this type of tank.

Forms of pannier tank

pluralpannier tanks

Questions about pannier tank

What does pannier tank mean?
Pannier tank means a type of tank fitted to both sides of the boiler of a tank locomotive.
What part of speech is pannier tank?
Pannier tank is a noun.
What is the plural of pannier tank?
The plural of pannier tank is pannier tanks.

Words near pannier tank in the dictionary

  1. panniculitis
  2. panniculosis
  3. panniculus
  4. panniculus adiposus
  5. pannier
  6. pannier tank
  7. pannier tanks
  8. panniered
  9. pannierless
  10. pannierlike
  11. pannierman

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