- switch engine
- noun Date: 1867 a railroad engine used in switching cars
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switch engine
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switch engine — A locomotive used only for switching and purposes incidental to the maintenance and operation of a railroad yard. The distinction between a road engine and a switch engine, as they are known in railroading, is this: The road engine has a pilot in … Ballentine's law dictionary
switch engine — Switching Switch ing, a. & n. from {Switch}, v. [1913 Webster] {Switching engine}, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; called also {switch engine}. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
switch engine — noun a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard • Syn: ↑donkey engine • Hypernyms: ↑locomotive, ↑engine, ↑locomotive engine, ↑railway locomotive * * * noun : a railroad engine usually of the total adhesio … Useful english dictionary
switch engine — Railroads. a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard. Also called switcher, switching locomotive. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
engine — A skilfully contrived mechanism or machine, the parts of which concur in producing an intended effect; a machine for applying any of the mechanical or physical powers to effect a particular purpose; especially a self contained mechanism for the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
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Switch — Switch, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. {Swink}, {Swing}.] 1. A small, flexible twig or rod. [1913 Webster] Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Switch back — Switch Switch, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. {Swink}, {Swing}.] 1. A small, flexible twig or rod. [1913 Webster] Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Switch board — Switch Switch, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. {Swink}, {Swing}.] 1. A small, flexible twig or rod. [1913 Webster] Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Switch grass — Switch Switch, n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. {Swink}, {Swing}.] 1. A small, flexible twig or rod. [1913 Webster] Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
