bogie

bogie
also bogey noun (plural bogies; also bogeys) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1835 1. a low strongly built cart 2. a. chiefly British a swiveling railway truck b. the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck 3. a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)

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  • bogie — bogie …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Bogie — du type « Bettendorf » La pointe située au dessus constitue le pivot qui viendra se placer dans la crapaudine placée sous le wagon afin de les solidariser Un bogie (ou boggie) est un chariot situé sous un véhicule ferroviaire, sur… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • BOGIE — ou BOGGIE Chariot sur lequel pivote le châssis d’un wagon pour lui permettre de s’inscrire dans les courbes. Les bogies, dont l’invention remonte aux environs de 1830, sont eux mêmes constitués d’un châssis à deux essieux, plus rarement un ou… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bogie — Bo gie, n. [A dialectic word. N. of Eng. & Scot.] A four wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bogie — Bogie, aus dem Englischen übernommener, früher öfter gebrauchter Ausdruck für die an Lokomotiven und Wagen vorkommenden zweiachsigen Drehgestelle (s. Drehgestelle) …   Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens

  • bogie — ► NOUN (pl. bogies) chiefly Brit. 1) an undercarriage with four or six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railway vehicle. 2) chiefly N. English a low truck on four small wheels. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • bogie — bogie1 [bō′gē; ] for 1, usually [ boog′ē] n. pl. bogies 1. BOGY ☆ 2. BOGEY (sense 2) bogie2 [bō′gē] n. pl. bogies [< N Brit dial.] …   English World dictionary

  • Bogie — This article is about wheeled wagons and trolleys. For Bogey, see Bogie (disambiguation). US style railroad truck with journal bearings in journal boxes …   Wikipedia

  • Bogie — Dieser Artikel hat die Hugenottenfamilie Bougie und deren Namensträger zum Thema. Den algerischen Ort Bougie findet man unter Bejaia, weitere Orte unter der ursprünglichen Schreibweise Bougy. Zur medizinisch verwendeten Dehnsonde (Bougie) siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bogie — UK [ˈbəʊɡɪ] / US [ˈboʊɡɪ] noun [countable] Word forms bogie : singular bogie plural bogies Indian English one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided …   English dictionary

  • bogie — bogey, bogie, bogy The latest editions of the Oxford dictionaries prefer bogey for the golfing term and the mischievous spirit, and bogie for the railway term. Bogy is classed as a variant of bogey in the second meaning. To complete the picture,… …   Modern English usage

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