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caboose
(kəbus)
Word forms: cabooses
countable noun
On a freight train, a caboose is a small car, usually at the rear, in which the crew travels.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use guard's van caboose in British English
(kəˈbuːs)
noun
1. US informal short for calaboose
2. railways, US and Canadian
a guard's van, esp one with sleeping and eating facilities for the train crew
3. nautical
a.
a deckhouse for a galley aboard ship or, formerly in Canada, on a lumber raft
b. mainly British
the galley itself
4. Canadian
a.
a mobile bunkhouse used by lumbermen, etc
b.
an insulated cabin on runners, equipped with a stove
Word origin
C18: from Dutch cabūse, of unknown origincaboose in American English
(kəˈbus)
noun
1. Nautical; British
a ship's kitchen; galley
2. US
the trainmen's car on a freight train, usually at the rear
Word origin
MDu kabuys, kambuis (< ?), ship's galleyImage ofcaboose
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