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trailing springs

trailing springs is the plural of trailing spring.

Meaning of trailing spring

Noun

trailing spring (plural trailing springs)

  1. A spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur.

Questions about trailing springs

What is trailing springs the plural of?
Trailing springs is the plural of trailing spring.

Words near trailing springs in the dictionary

  1. trailing points
  2. trailing s
  3. trailing spoke
  4. trailing spokes
  5. trailing spring
  6. trailing springs
  7. trailing truck
  8. trailing trucks
  9. trailing wheel
  10. trailing wheels
  11. trailingly

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