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tender cabs

tender cabs is the plural of tender cab.

Meaning of tender cab

Noun

tender cab (plural tender cabs)

  1. A section of cab added to the front of a steam locomotive tender, to provide protection for the engine crew in inclement weather when running tender-first.
    • But the 0-8-0 tender engines often run tender first, and No. 8932 has been fitted with a tender cab to give better protection to the enginemen when reverse running takes place.1940 November, “Notes and News: Locomotive Working at Abergavenny”, in Railway Magazine, page 616

Questions about tender cabs

What is tender cabs the plural of?
Tender cabs is the plural of tender cab.

Words near tender cabs in the dictionary

  1. tendentiousness
  2. tendentiousnesses
  3. Tendenz
  4. tender
  5. tender cab
  6. tender cabs
  7. tender engine
  8. tender engines
  9. tender loving care
  10. tender offer
  11. tender offers

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