Bogie

Quick meaning: Bogie is a noun meaning (British, India, rail transport) A railway carriage.

Meaning

(British, India, rail transport) A railway carriage.

More Meanings

1. (Northern England) A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
2. (aviation, by extension) A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.
3. (by extension, rail transport, also attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.
4. Alternative spelling of bogey.
5. (dated) A soapbox racing vehicle.
6. (chiefly US, slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.

Example Sentences

Hard work is required from men and machines as I was to experience later when footplating Lambton No 5 on five bogies battling its way up Newtondale.

The bogie coaches which he spoke of last year had been brought or were being brought into active service, but they had no further wagon stock available.

Although most A320s have two wheels on each of their main gear, a few built for the Indian market have four-wheel bogies, halving the amount of weight on each wheel and allowing the aircraft to use runways that couldn't withstand the ground pressure from a standard A320.

1878. Bogie Trucks for Railway Locomotives, &c.: [...] Fig. 1 is a cross section and Fig. 2 a section plan of a bogie. A curved casting a is fixed to the engine and a wrought-iron beam or beams b are connected to the bogie frames by links c fitted with or without springs d.

Word Forms

• bogies
• bogey
• bogy

Synonyms for bogie

Depending on context, synonyms include bifta, bifter, blunt, bomber, bone, bun.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bogy, target, goblin, barrow, lorry, butt.

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