metre gauge
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See also: metre-gauge
English
Alternative forms
- meter gage (US)
Noun
- (rail transport) A track gauge of one metre.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.
Related terms
- metre-gauge (adjective)
Translations
track gauge