narrow gaugen.

Brit.

/ˌnarəʊ ˈɡeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈnɛroʊ ˌɡeɪdʒ/

Forms: 1800s– narrow gage (chiefly U.S.), 1800s– narrow gauge.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: narrow adj., gauge n.

Etymology: < narrow adj. + gauge n.

Railways.

1. A railway gauge narrower than the standard one. Cf. gauge n. 3.Formerly applied in Britain to what is now the British standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in. (approx. 1.435 metres), as opposed to the broad gauge of the Great Western Railway (see broad gauge n.); now confined to gauges smaller than this, or than a corresponding national or regional standard.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > permanent way > space between rails > gauge

wide gauge1837

narrow gauge1839

gauge1841

broad gauge1844

1839 Railway Mag. May 223 The comparative merits of the ‘wide and narrow gages’.

1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 256/1 Many who admit the inconvenience of the narrow gauge consider seven feet to be beyond the most advantageous width.

1865 Times 25 Jan. If the broad gauge may be unnecessarily wide the narrow gauge is too narrow.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 167/2 Adhesion lines..may be either of normal or narrow gauge.

1950 Econ. Hist. Rev. 3 116 The controversy between broad and narrow gauges.

1987 Railway Mag. Nov. 722/2 The records show no fewer than 41 different narrow gauges between 1 ft 0 in, and 4 ft 6 in.

2. Chiefly U.S. A railway or track of narrow gauge; a train that runs on narrow gauge.

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1857 W. Malins (title) Two letters to Lord Barrington, chairman of the Great Western Railway. First: on continuing the ‘narrow gauge’ from Reading to Paddington,—and secondly: on Great Western affairs generally. By Mr. Malins.

1872 J. H. Tice Over Plains 24 Amongst those under contract and in a state of progress, the most important is a narrow gauge to Denver, thence to Santa Fe.

1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 833 The narrow-gauge of the N.P.C.R.R. crawls like a snake from the ferry on the bay to the roundhouse over and beyond the hills.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xii. 205 Watch our front window after the narrow-gauge gets in.

1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xxviii. 130 When we came up toward Chiasso By the last on the narrow-gauge.

1945 Railroad Mag. 37 ii. 13/1 One of the first narrow-gages in the country to provide both freight and passenger service.

1998 R. Gibb Origins of Evening 100 That evening I was terrified by your father..Drunk and wheezing like a narrow gauge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narrow gauge
释义	narrow gaugen. Brit. /ˌnarəʊ ˈɡeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈnɛroʊ ˌɡeɪdʒ/ Forms: 1800s– narrow gage (chiefly U.S.), 1800s– narrow gauge. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: narrow adj., gauge n. Etymology: < narrow adj. + gauge n. Railways. 1. A railway gauge narrower than the standard one. Cf. gauge n. 3.Formerly applied in Britain to what is now the British standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in. (approx. 1.435 metres), as opposed to the broad gauge of the Great Western Railway (see broad gauge n.); now confined to gauges smaller than this, or than a corresponding national or regional standard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > permanent way > space between rails > gauge wide gauge1837 narrow gauge1839 gauge1841 broad gauge1844 1839 Railway Mag. May 223 The comparative merits of the ‘wide and narrow gages’. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 256/1 Many who admit the inconvenience of the narrow gauge consider seven feet to be beyond the most advantageous width. 1865 Times 25 Jan. If the broad gauge may be unnecessarily wide the narrow gauge is too narrow. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 167/2 Adhesion lines..may be either of normal or narrow gauge. 1950 Econ. Hist. Rev. 3 116 The controversy between broad and narrow gauges. 1987 Railway Mag. Nov. 722/2 The records show no fewer than 41 different narrow gauges between 1 ft 0 in, and 4 ft 6 in. 2. Chiefly U.S. A railway or track of narrow gauge; a train that runs on narrow gauge. ΚΠ 1857 W. Malins (title) Two letters to Lord Barrington, chairman of the Great Western Railway. First: on continuing the ‘narrow gauge’ from Reading to Paddington,—and secondly: on Great Western affairs generally. By Mr. Malins. 1872 J. H. Tice Over Plains 24 Amongst those under contract and in a state of progress, the most important is a narrow gauge to Denver, thence to Santa Fe. 1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 833 The narrow-gauge of the N.P.C.R.R. crawls like a snake from the ferry on the bay to the roundhouse over and beyond the hills. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xii. 205 Watch our front window after the narrow-gauge gets in. 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xxviii. 130 When we came up toward Chiasso By the last on the narrow-gauge. 1945 Railroad Mag. 37 ii. 13/1 One of the first narrow-gages in the country to provide both freight and passenger service. 1998 R. Gibb Origins of Evening 100 That evening I was terrified by your father..Drunk and wheezing like a narrow gauge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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