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six-coupled

six-coupled adjective: of a locomotive, having six driving wheels on three axles coupled together with rods.

Adjective

six-coupled (not comparable)

  1. Of a locomotive, having six driving wheels on three axles coupled together with rods.
    • Tank engines, all six-coupled, are used on a variety of services.1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an Important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706

Questions about six-coupled

What does six-coupled mean?
Six-coupled means of a locomotive, having six driving wheels on three axles coupled together with rods.
What part of speech is six-coupled?
Six-coupled is an adjective.

Words near six-coupled in the dictionary

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