单词 | runner wagon |
释义 | > as lemmasrunner wagon b. A railway wagon used to bear part of a load that overhangs the end of another wagon. Also runner wagon. ΚΠ 1898 Standard 20 Oct. 4/3 The timber in each load came within the compass of the three waggons, and..no ‘runner’ was necessary. The ‘runner’..was an extra waggon coupled on to cover the projecting ends of the timber. 1906 Railway Accidents 29 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2969) CV. The seventh vehicle was a crane having a runner waggon at each end. 1966 H. Sheppard Dict. Railway Slang (ed. 2) 10 Runner, wagon used for spacing when a load overhangs. 1989 P. B. Whitehouse LNER 150 iii. 54/2 A short-wheelbase runner wagon, one end of which could be lowered to form a ramp. < as lemmas |
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