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springborne

springborne adjective: supported by (mechanical) springs.

Adjective

springborne (not comparable)

  1. Supported by (mechanical) springs.
    • The motors are attached to the bogie frames so as to be fully springborne, and drive through quills and flexible couplings to the wheels.1952 September, “A Landmark in French Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 593
    • The Pullman trains are the first B.R. diesel multiple-units to have fully springborne traction motors, which employ a Brown Boveri spring drive to the road wheels.1960 August, G. Freeman Allen, “The new diesel-electric luxury Pullman units of British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 475

Forms of springborne

alternative formspring-borne

Origin of springborne

From spring + borne.

Questions about springborne

What does springborne mean?
Springborne means supported by (mechanical) springs.
What part of speech is springborne?
Springborne is an adjective.

Words near springborne in the dictionary

  1. springbocs
  2. springbok
  3. Springbokkie
  4. springboks
  5. Springborn
  6. springborne
  7. Springborns
  8. springbox
  9. springboxes
  10. Springbrook
  11. springbuck

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