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pilot beams

pilot beams is the plural of pilot beam.

Meaning of pilot beam

Noun

pilot beam (plural pilot beams)

  1. (US) 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)

Questions about pilot beams

What is pilot beams the plural of?
Pilot beams is the plural of pilot beam.

Words near pilot beams in the dictionary

  1. pilosulins
  2. pilot
  3. pilot balloon
  4. pilot balloons
  5. pilot beam
  6. pilot beams
  7. pilot biscuit
  8. pilot biscuits
  9. pilot boat
  10. pilot boats
  11. pilot bread

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