pilot beam
pilot beam noun: a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.
Noun
pilot beam (plural pilot beams)
- a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.
- To comply with restrictive clearances this T-1-a mounts pumps, headlight and bell on the pilot beam and carries a squared-off sandbox and a naked Coffin feedwater heater.1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co. (photo caption)
- Pilot beams, however, the foremost cross-brace of the frame, continued to be made of wood until almost 1900.1979, A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development 1830-1880, by John H. White, Courier Corporation, →ISBN
Forms of pilot beam
| plural | pilot beams |
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Questions about pilot beam
- What does pilot beam mean?
- Pilot beam means a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.
- What part of speech is pilot beam?
- Pilot beam is a noun.
- What is the plural of pilot beam?
- The plural of pilot beam is pilot beams.
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