| 单词 | saddle tank |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaddle tank saddle tank n. (a) (in certain steam railway engines) a water tank that straddles the boiler; (also) a tank engine of this type (= saddle tank engine n.); (b) each of a pair of tanks attached on either side of an agricultural tractor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > other types of steam locomotive pilot1842 bogie engine1843 saddle tank1871 saddle tank engine1888 prairie1900 single1901 1871 Young Gentleman's Ann. Dec. 28 Other engines of this class [sc. tank-engines], however, carry their water in a tank (called a saddle-tank) which rests on the top of the boiler. 1950 H. C. Webster Railways for All ix. 83 Frequently such locomotives carry the water in tanks fitted on top of the boiler and are therefore termed ‘saddle tanks’. 1988 Farm & Country 24 May 37/5 (advt.) For sale. A 2–105 white tractor, cab, saddle tanks and sprayer. 1999 Independent 3 Aug. ii. 2 (caption) A volunteer at Didcot Rail Centre welds the saddle tank of a..locomotive. 2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 156/2 His twin saddle tanks, one on either side of the tractor, could hold three hundred gallons. < as lemmas |
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