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Etymology

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From spring +‎ borne.

Adjective

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springborne (not comparable)

  1. Supported by (mechanical) springs.
    • 1952 September, “A Landmark in French Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 593:
      The motors are attached to the bogie frames so as to be fully springborne, and drive through quills and flexible couplings to the wheels.
    • 1960 August, G. Freeman Allen, “The new diesel-electric luxury Pullman units of British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 475:
      The Pullman trains are the first B.R. diesel multiple-units to have fully springborne traction motors, which employ a Brown Boveri spring drive to the road wheels.

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