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pannier tanks

pannier tanks is the plural of pannier tank.

Meaning of pannier tank

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.

Questions about pannier tanks

What is pannier tanks the plural of?
Pannier tanks is the plural of pannier tank.

Words near pannier tanks in the dictionary

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

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