Decauvillen.
/dəˈkəʊvɪl/ Used attributively or alone to designate a type of narrow-gauge railway invented by Decauville.
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1899 W. H. Cole Light Railways xiv. 245 The 2ft. rolling-stock on a French ‘Decauville’ line.
a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xxix. 98 We ran eight lorry loads of the Decauville rails.
1958 F. Stark Alexander's Path ix. 125 The little decauville running down from the sheds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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