A covered railway wagon; (also apparently) a third-class carriage. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > other types of passenger carriage (24) caravan1821 A covered railway wagon; (also apparently) a third-class carriage. Obsolete. private car1826 (a) chiefly U.S., a privately owned and used railway carriage; (sometimes also) a railway carriage not available for public use; (b) a motor car… Jim Crow car1835 attributive, as (in sense 1a) Jim Crow song; (in sense 1b) jim-crow planing-machine (see quot. 1875); (in sense 1c) Jim Crow boots, Jim Crow dance, Ji… ladies' car1841 = ladies' carriage n. saloon car or carriage1842 In full saloon caror carriage: A railway carriage without compartments, furnished more or less luxuriously as a drawing-room or for a specific… palace car1844 Chiefly U.S. Designating something luxurious, grand in style, or palatial. Esp. in palace car, palace hotel. ladies' carriage1847 a train carriage reserved for women. parliamentary carriage1849 a carriage on a parliamentary train (see parliamentary train n.). parlour car1859 a railway carriage more luxuriously furnished than a standard carriage, esp. one with comfortable movable chairs. composite carriage1868 In various technical uses. a railway-carriage with compartments of different classes. So a composite. Pullman1869 A Pullman car; a sleeping car. observation car1872 a railway carriage designed to provide a good view of passing scenery. first1873 As a count noun. A first-class railway carriage or compartment. compo1878 = composite, adj. 6b. bogie carriage1880 attributive, as in bogie car, bogie carriage, bogie engine, bogie truck; bogie-barrow n. = sense 1 (‘known in Fife for sixty years or more’, Prof… chair-car1880 a railway carriage furnished with chairs (two on each side of the aisle) instead of the usual seats; also, a parlour car (see parlour, n. adj.compound… club car1893 (a) originally a railroad coach provided with special facilities, and reserved for the use of the members of a club operated by the railroad company… corridor carriage1893 a carriage of a corridor train. tourist-car1895 a railway carriage with special accommodation for tourists. birdcage1900 New Zealand. More fully birdcage car, birdcage carriage, etc. A type of railway carriage with a corridor the outside wall of which is enclosed… dog box1905 In extended use: (a) Australian a railway carriage with compartments but no internal corridor; (b) New Zealand †a type of railway goods wagon (obs… corridor coach1911 = corridor carriage n. vista-dome1945 a high glass-sided railway carriage that enables passengers to look at the view from above the normal level of the train. Stolypin1970 Used attributively and absol. to designate a type of railway carriage made for the transport of prisoners. |
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