| 释义 |
‖ Vicinal, n.|visinal|
[Belgian Fr. (Robert Suppl., 1970), f. the adj.: see vicinal a. 2 b.]
The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux, the Belgian local railway company, established in 1885; also, a local railway system in Belgium.
1895Engineer 19 Apr. 325/1 It was not considered..that ‘vicinals’ would be a bad investment for the Communes, considering the economical conditions under which the lines are made, and the very low rate of interest at which the money is obtained. 1975R. J. Buckley Hist. Tramways 108 During World War I the Vicinal routes behind the allied lines had great strategic importance, and 50 engines were built for the British Army. 1977R. Whitaker Fodor's Railways of World 133 Along the forty miles of holiday coastline facing the southern North Sea, there is an electric Vicinal based on Ostend. |