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tender engines

tender engines is the plural of tender engine.

Meaning of tender engine

Noun

tender engine (plural tender engines)

  1. Any steam locomotive that has a tender attached, carrying its supply of fuel and water; the term is normally used to distinguish from a tank engine.
    • To prevent glare from open firebox doors on locomotives being observed from the air, all tender engines have been fitted with tarpaulin screens which are carried over the space between the cab and tender during blackout hours. The one shown here is on a Southern Railway locomotive.1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 316, photo caption
    Synonyms:
    tender locomotive, tender loco

Questions about tender engines

What is tender engines the plural of?
Tender engines is the plural of tender engine.

Words near tender engines in the dictionary

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

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