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Ramsbottom safety valves

Ramsbottom safety valves is the plural of Ramsbottom safety valve.

Meaning of Ramsbottom safety valve

Noun

Ramsbottom safety valve (plural Ramsbottom safety valves)

  1. A kind of tamperproof safety valve for use on locomotives, consisting of two plug-type valves connected by a spring-laden pivoting arm.
    • The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves.1951 April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 283

Questions about Ramsbottom safety valves

What is Ramsbottom safety valves the plural of?
Ramsbottom safety valves is the plural of Ramsbottom safety valve.

Words near Ramsbottom safety valves in the dictionary

  1. ramsbeckite
  2. Ramsbotham
  3. Ramsbothams
  4. Ramsbottom
  5. Ramsbottom safety valve
  6. Ramsbottom safety valves
  7. Ramsbottoms
  8. Ramsburg
  9. Ramsburgs
  10. Ramsbury
  11. ramscallion

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