narrow gauge

noun

See under gauge (def. 13).

Origin of narrow gauge

First recorded in 1835–45

OTHER WORDS FROM narrow gauge

narrow-gauge; especially in technical use, narrow-gage, adjectivenarrow-gauged; especially in technical use, narrow-gaged, adjective

Words nearby narrow gauge

narrow-bodied, narrowcast, narrow construction, narrow escape, narrow-fisted, narrow gauge, narrow-minded, narrows, narrow seas, narthex, Narva

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Example sentences from the Web for narrow gauge

The point of disaster was on a sharp curve where the narrow-gauge track bent like a strained bow around one of the rocky hills.
The King of Arcadia|Francis Lynde
A narrow-gauge railroad runs twenty miles into the interior from Solitas.
Cabbages and Kings|O. Henry
The concentration of narrow-gauge and medium-gauge lines seemed to be issuing in a complete fusion of their interests in 1913.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
They recover their numbers fast enough, and the chances are that this "narrow-gauge mule" will be always with us.
The Killer|Stewart Edward White

But I got there, going from Chehaw over a narrow-gauge road.
Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements|Various

British Dictionary definitions for narrow gauge

narrow gauge

noun

a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1/2 in

adjective narrow-gauge, narrow-gauged

of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge

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单词	narrow gauge
释义	narrow gauge noun See under gauge (def. 13). Origin of narrow gauge First recorded in 1835–45 OTHER WORDS FROM narrow gauge narrow-gauge; especially in technical use, narrow-gage, adjectivenarrow-gauged; especially in technical use, narrow-gaged, adjective Words nearby narrow gauge narrow-bodied, narrowcast, narrow construction, narrow escape, narrow-fisted, narrow gauge, narrow-minded, narrows, narrow seas, narthex, Narva Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for narrow gauge The point of disaster was on a sharp curve where the narrow-gauge track bent like a strained bow around one of the rocky hills. The King of Arcadia\|Francis Lynde A narrow-gauge railroad runs twenty miles into the interior from Solitas. Cabbages and Kings\|O. Henry The concentration of narrow-gauge and medium-gauge lines seemed to be issuing in a complete fusion of their interests in 1913. The Argentine Republic\|Pierre Denis They recover their numbers fast enough, and the chances are that this "narrow-gauge mule" will be always with us. The Killer\|Stewart Edward White But I got there, going from Chehaw over a narrow-gauge road. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements\|Various British Dictionary definitions for narrow gauge narrow gauge noun a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1/2 in adjective narrow-gauge, narrow-gauged of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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