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Rollbock

Rollbock noun: a bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.

Noun

Rollbock (plural Rollbocks)

  1. A bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.

Forms of Rollbock

pluralRollbocks

Origin of Rollbock

From German Rolle (“roll”) + Bock (“buck”); the term originated in Switzerland in the early 1880s.

Questions about Rollbock

What does Rollbock mean?
Rollbock means a bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.
What part of speech is Rollbock?
Rollbock is a noun.
What is the plural of Rollbock?
The plural of Rollbock is Rollbocks.

Words near Rollbock in the dictionary

  1. rollbacks
  2. rollbag
  3. rollbags
  4. rollbar
  5. rollbars
  6. Rollbock
  7. Rollbocks
  8. rollcage
  9. rollcages
  10. rollcall
  11. rollcalled

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