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单词 rack railway
释义

rack railway


noun

cog railway.

Origin of rack railway

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby rack railway

rack locomotive, rack off, rack one's brain, rack out, rack rail, rack railway, rack-rent, rack saw, rack up, rackwork, raclette
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Example sentences from the Web for rack railway

  • The Harz is penetrated by several railways, among them a rack-railway up the Brocken, opened in 1898.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rack railway

rack railway

noun

a steep mountain railway having a middle rail fitted with a rack that engages a pinion on the locomotive to provide tractionAlso called: cog railway
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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