| 单词 | plate railway |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplate railway plate railway n. an early form of railway in which the wagons run with flat wheels on flanged plates (sense 20). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails railway1681 railroad1757 plate railway1825 plateway1825 road railway1850 strap road1861 strap railroad1909 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 644 Bars of cast iron..known..by the denomination of the plate-rail, tramway plate, barrow-way plate... The first we shall distinguish by the name of the edge railway; the second, by that of the plate railway. 1853 E. C. Seaman Ess. Progress Nations 503 The plate railway, or Tramway of cast iron, came into use in the collieries of the north of England about the year 1770. 1999 Copley News Service (Nexis) 25 Oct. The engineer on the crude plate railway yanks on a long lever to start the creaking old gear engine into motion. < as lemmas |
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