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running shed

running shed noun: a building used for the maintenance and preparation for service of locomotives.

Noun

running shed (plural running sheds)

  1. A building used for the maintenance and preparation for service of locomotives.
    • The running sheds consist of four round-houses, and still bear traces of the notorious "Baedeker" raid on the City of York itself.1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 358
    • A correspondent points out that the new diesel depot at March is being fashioned by conversion of the former steam and repair depot; two roads in the running shed have now been adapted for such steam locomotive repair work as remains.1963 January, “Motive power miscellany”, in Modern Railways, page 65

Forms of running shed

pluralrunning sheds

Questions about running shed

What does running shed mean?
Running shed means a building used for the maintenance and preparation for service of locomotives.
What part of speech is running shed?
Running shed is a noun.
What is the plural of running shed?
The plural of running shed is running sheds.

Words near running shed in the dictionary

  1. running scared
  2. running script
  3. running scripts
  4. running serviceberries
  5. running serviceberry
  6. running shed
  7. running sheds
  8. running shoe
  9. running shoes
  10. running short
  11. running someone off their feet

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