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Definition of caboose in English: caboosenoun kəˈbuːskəˈbus 1North American A railway wagon with accommodation for the train crew, typically attached to the end of the train. Example sentencesExamples - A list of the most influential hip-hop cultural figures of the last 20 years is the caboose on this train.
- This shop was later shut down with the end of the use of cabooses on most freight trains.
- Pooled cabooses stayed with a train to final destination and the crew slept in a bunkhouse like the engine crews had always done.
- Several train cabooses have been moved to the resort, set on rail tracks and equipped with bathrooms, heat, and beds.
- This is only worth noting because the train had a caboose, which is rarely seen these days.
- The caboose starts suddenly, then eases to a gentle roll.
- Michael and I also rode in one direction on the upper seats in the train's caboose.
- The conductor and brakeman in the caboose were forgotten about!
- My friends asked what the devices laying on a rack by the yard office were and I briefly explained end of train devices and how they replaced the caboose and how we had one on our own train.
- The types of trains, and what is between the locomotive and the caboose can be chosen before embarking on your journey.
- In 1888, two cabooses were obtained and put in service.
- The pusher crew was a special class of service, because they had to run around a caboose at Alleghany anyway, so the crew was already making ‘local rate-of-pay.’
- At each stop, children visit with Santa Claus in the caboose before touring two more cars full of holiday displays.
- There's only one thing I like more than eating my roast beef sandwich, and that's eating my roast beef sandwich in the caboose of the train.
- At the end of the train was an open caboose where we were able to view the mountain scenery more clearly.
- Aside from the two conductors and two tail-end brakemen riding in the cabooses there was an engineer and fireman on each of the four steam locomotives and a head-end brakeman on the assist engines.
- We all switched trains, I was offered the chance to ride in the caboose which would lead the way back to Greenbank.
- Steam locomotives gave way to diesels, and cabooses were replaced by little boxes.
- At the western end the flagman cuts off his caboose and stands at the hand-brake, easing down the speed.
- The run up the Sqaulicum line is made in reverse, with the engine pushing any cars, and a caboose leading the way on the long back-up move to the cold storage plant.
Synonyms buttocks, behind, backside, rear, rear end, seat, haunches, cheeks 2archaic A kitchen on a ship's deck. Example sentencesExamples - There was only one caboose for all the emigrants in common, but occasionally the ship's caboose was used in addition.
- The ship's caboose occupied a prominent position in the centre of the encampment; and a small well dug on one side proved that the most methodical attention had been paid by the commander to the comforts of his shipwrecked crew and passengers.
Synonyms buttocks, backside, behind, rear end, rump, seat, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks
Origin Mid 18th century: from Dutch kabuis, kombuis, of unknown origin. Rhymes abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus Definition of caboose in US English: caboosenounkəˈbo͞oskəˈbus 1North American A railroad car with accommodations for the train crew, typically attached to the end of the train. Example sentencesExamples - The types of trains, and what is between the locomotive and the caboose can be chosen before embarking on your journey.
- Michael and I also rode in one direction on the upper seats in the train's caboose.
- We all switched trains, I was offered the chance to ride in the caboose which would lead the way back to Greenbank.
- This shop was later shut down with the end of the use of cabooses on most freight trains.
- Several train cabooses have been moved to the resort, set on rail tracks and equipped with bathrooms, heat, and beds.
- The conductor and brakeman in the caboose were forgotten about!
- At the western end the flagman cuts off his caboose and stands at the hand-brake, easing down the speed.
- The pusher crew was a special class of service, because they had to run around a caboose at Alleghany anyway, so the crew was already making ‘local rate-of-pay.’
- A list of the most influential hip-hop cultural figures of the last 20 years is the caboose on this train.
- In 1888, two cabooses were obtained and put in service.
- At the end of the train was an open caboose where we were able to view the mountain scenery more clearly.
- The caboose starts suddenly, then eases to a gentle roll.
- The run up the Sqaulicum line is made in reverse, with the engine pushing any cars, and a caboose leading the way on the long back-up move to the cold storage plant.
- At each stop, children visit with Santa Claus in the caboose before touring two more cars full of holiday displays.
- There's only one thing I like more than eating my roast beef sandwich, and that's eating my roast beef sandwich in the caboose of the train.
- Aside from the two conductors and two tail-end brakemen riding in the cabooses there was an engineer and fireman on each of the four steam locomotives and a head-end brakeman on the assist engines.
- Steam locomotives gave way to diesels, and cabooses were replaced by little boxes.
- Pooled cabooses stayed with a train to final destination and the crew slept in a bunkhouse like the engine crews had always done.
- This is only worth noting because the train had a caboose, which is rarely seen these days.
- My friends asked what the devices laying on a rack by the yard office were and I briefly explained end of train devices and how they replaced the caboose and how we had one on our own train.
Synonyms buttocks, behind, backside, rear, rear end, seat, haunches, cheeks - 1.1informal (typically referring to a woman) buttocks.
2archaic A kitchen on a ship's deck. Example sentencesExamples - There was only one caboose for all the emigrants in common, but occasionally the ship's caboose was used in addition.
- The ship's caboose occupied a prominent position in the centre of the encampment; and a small well dug on one side proved that the most methodical attention had been paid by the commander to the comforts of his shipwrecked crew and passengers.
Synonyms buttocks, backside, behind, rear end, rump, seat, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks
Origin Mid 18th century: from Dutch kabuis, kombuis, of unknown origin. |