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steeple cab

steeple cab noun: a centrally placed cab on some early electric locomotives.

steeple cab: a centrally placed cab on some early electric locomotives
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Noun

steeple cab (plural steeple cabs)

  1. A centrally placed cab on some early electric locomotives.
    • All main line work is carried out by the Type 1s, whose principal design fault is offside "blindness", due to the position of the driving cab behind a long, high nose; a steeple cab would obviously be preferable.1962 October, M.J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, page 265
  2. An electric locomotive with such a cab.

Synonyms of steeple cab

Forms of steeple cab

pluralsteeple cabs
alternative formsteeplecab

Questions about steeple cab

What does steeple cab mean?
Steeple cab means a centrally placed cab on some early electric locomotives.
What part of speech is steeple cab?
Steeple cab is a noun.
What is the plural of steeple cab?
The plural of steeple cab is steeple cabs.

Words near steeple cab in the dictionary

  1. steepish
  2. steeple
  3. Steeple Aston
  4. Steeple Barton
  5. Steeple Bumpstead
  6. steeple cab
  7. steeple cabs
  8. Steeple Claydon
  9. steeple engine
  10. steeple engines
  11. Steeple Flat

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