Rollbock
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Rolle (“roll”) + Bock (“buck”); the term originated in Switzerland in the early 1880s.
Noun
editRollbock (plural Rollbocks)
- (rail transport) A bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.
German
editNoun
editRollbock m (strong, genitive Rollbockes or Rollbocks, plural Rollböcke, diminutive Rollböckchen n or Rollböcklein n)
Declension
editDeclension of Rollbock [masculine, strong]