单词 | carriage coupling |
释义 | > as lemmascarriage coupling carriage coupling n. (a) a coupling between railway carriages; †(b) a coupling for connecting the front axle and wheels of a four-wheeled vehicle to the main body (obsolete). ΚΠ 1839 Mechanics' Mag. 30 Index p. iv/1 Booth's railway carriage couplings. 1852 Plow Jan. 41/2 (contents) Carriage coupling improved. 1915 U.S. Patent 1,140,863 1/1 This invention related to certain improvements in carriage couplings for wagon trains of the class set forth in my pending application. 2001 Railway Safety (U.K. Health & Safety Executive) ii. xvii. 110 The failure of a carriage coupling on a Bure Valley Railway passenger train..resulted in the train dividing. < as lemmas |
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