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steeple engine

steeple engine noun: a vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.

Noun

steeple engine (plural steeple engines)

  1. A vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.

Forms of steeple engine

pluralsteeple engines

Questions about steeple engine

What does steeple engine mean?
Steeple engine means a vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.
What part of speech is steeple engine?
Steeple engine is a noun.
What is the plural of steeple engine?
The plural of steeple engine is steeple engines.

Words near steeple engine in the dictionary

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

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