单词 | bumper timber |
释义 | > as lemmasbumper timber bumper timber n. (a piece of) timber used as a bumper (sense A. 2b); spec. one mounted on the front of a railway locomotive, to which the cowcatcher is attached (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1874 Railroad Gaz. 27 June 245/3 Bumper timber. 1909 G. L. Fowler Locomotive Dict. (new ed.) 78/1 Safety chain, a chain fastened to each of the forward corners of a locomotive truck and to the bumper timber to prevent the truck from turning in case of derailment. 1970 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 3 Mar. 23/3 Ice has pulled on bumper timber forcing the docks to splinter over the pilings. 2007 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 25 Mar. c6/1 The bumper timber passed within an inch of his head as he..drew Chezem onto the platform. < as lemmas |
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