<span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) A <span class="searchmatch">switcher</span> or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting. (cellular automata) A particular methuselah in Conway's...
<span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engines</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>...
railway locomotive used for shunting (<span class="searchmatch">switching</span>). Synonyms: (UK) shunter, shunting <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>; (US, Canada) <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (rail transport, trucking, US) The...
at the <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> split <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> Strowger <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> access switchback switchblade switchboard <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> box <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> cane <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> dealing <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> switcheroo...
noun use of dinky; see -ey. IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋki/ Rhymes: -ɪŋki dinkey (plural dinkeys) A small locomotive, especially with a <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>. Kidney, kidney...
steam-<span class="searchmatch">engine</span> steam <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> steeple <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> Stirling <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> storage <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> straight <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> tandem <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> tank <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> tender <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> traction...
help in the <span class="searchmatch">switching</span> of railcars in a railway yard. Synonyms: shunter, <span class="searchmatch">switcher</span>, hostler, yard jockey <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> <span class="searchmatch">switcher</span> railway <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> operator “switchman”...
pony <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural pony <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) A small locomotive used for shunting wagons, etc. Synonyms: shunter, shunting <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>, <span class="searchmatch">switcher</span> (Canada, US, dated) A...
helmsman's leg or arm and linked to an <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> cut-out <span class="searchmatch">switch</span>, such that the <span class="searchmatch">switch</span> is triggered and the boat's <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> automatically stopped ("killed") if...
Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99: Seven shunting <span class="searchmatch">engines</span> are employed in Euston sidings and are responsible for the transfer trips. shunter, <span class="searchmatch">switcher</span>...