six-coupled
English
editAdjective
editsix-coupled (not comparable)
- (rail transport) Of a locomotive, having six driving wheels on three axles coupled together with rods.
- 1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an Important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
- Tank engines, all six-coupled, are used on a variety of services.
References
edit- “six-coupled locomotive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.