1859 13 Dec. 4/5 All small-gauge barrels present the disadvantage of not giving room to the foulness which accumulates.
1957 R. Frankenberg 10 The small-gauge railway.
a1976 A. Christie (1977) vi. i. 296 An expedition in a small-gauge train.
1987 J. Epstein 112 It takes a big-hearted snob, don't you think, to admit to a small-gauge error.