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steeple engines

steeple engines is the plural of steeple engine.

Meaning of steeple engine

Noun

steeple engine (plural steeple engines)

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

Questions about steeple engines

What is steeple engines the plural of?
Steeple engines is the plural of steeple engine.

Words near steeple engines in the dictionary

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

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