rolling stock
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See also: rollingstock
English
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Noun
rolling stock (countable and uncountable, plural rolling stocks)
- (rail transport, uncountable, collectively) All vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered.
- 2019 October, “South Wales open access bid”, in Modern Railways, page 15:
- ... while Grand Union says spare rolling stock could be used to provide additional capacity during events at the Principality Stadium and Celtic Manor Resort.
- (countable, less common) Any such vehicle.
Hyponyms
- (vehicle): car, coach, locomotive, multiple unit, railcar, wagon/waggon
Derived terms
Translations
railway vehicles collectively
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any railway vehicle
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