monoblock
English edit
Noun edit
monoblock (plural monoblocks)
- Alternative spelling of monobloc, a forging or casting made in a single piece.
- 1944 November and December, “Conversion of L.N.E.R. "B16" Class 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 349:
- The "S3s" had three cylinders in a single monoblock casting, and like many other of Sir Vincent Raven's designs, used a direct drive through short connecting rods on to the leading pair of coupled wheels.