单词 | horn-plate |
释义 | horn-platen. An iron frame attached to the lower part of a railway carriage or truck and having two guides in which the journal-box of the axle moves; an axle-guard, pedestal. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > parts of axle assembly pedestal1814 box1825 hot box1848 axle-bearing1849 horn-plate1856 axle-box1871 1856 S. C. Brees Terms & Rules Archit. 29 Axle Guard or Horn~plate. 1861 Ann. Reg. 5 The cause of the disaster was the breaking of one of the ‘horn-plates’ of the engine. 1864 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. Adopting the old classic car system of rollers fixed on a shaft or axle, which revolves with them in hole pins, or what are now termed horn plates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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