单词 | traductor arm |
释义 | > as lemmastraductor arm 2. A movable arm, fixed to the side of a railway carriage, by means of which mailbags can be picked up or deposited while the train is in motion. Usually more fully traductor arm. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > device for picking up or depositing mail-bags mail catcher1875 traductor1890 1890 City Press 17 May 10/6 A wrought-iron frame attached to the side of the railway carriage supports a traductor and a delivery arm. 1938 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 86 268 The mailbags are..hung by hinged traductor-arms from the sides of the sorting coaches. 1970 Railway Mag. Oct. 545/2 Post Office Sorting van; has letter sorting racks and some vehicles also have nets and traductor arms. 2014 mikes.railhistory.railfan.net 28 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) The moment the pouches have been knocked off by the line-side apparatus into the ground-net, the traductor arms, relieved of the weight, fly back with the help of springs to the vertical position. < as lemmas |
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