| 单词 | barney engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbarney engine 6. U.S. More fully barney engine, barney car. Part of a hoist used with an inclined plane (inclined plane n. 2(b)), consisting of a small, wheeled body which pushes cars or carriages as it is drawn up the plane by a cable. Now chiefly historical.Barneys were typically used to lift railway cars filled with coal or ore. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > vehicle for underground haulage or transportation tram1517 wagon1649 rolley1817 buggy1867 barney1874 hod1883 whirley1886 shuttle car1905 manrider1967 scooptram1967 1874 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. July 39/1 The Mahanoy Inclined Plane requiring the services of a steel rope and a ‘barney engine’ to draw or lower the railway trains. 1948 Pop. Mech. Aug. 117/21 The barney runs on an unusual narrow-gauge system between the standard-gauge tracks. 2001 W. D. Middleton et al. Encycl. N. Amer. Railroads v. 68 As the cable pulled, the barney and its cluster of cars went uphill. < as lemmas |
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