Drawgear

Quick meaning: Drawgear is a noun meaning (countable) A harness for draught horses.

Meaning

(countable) A harness for draught horses.

More Meanings

1. (rail transport) The means or parts by which cars or carriages are connected to be drawn.

Example Sentences

Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.

Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.

Word Forms

• drawgears

Synonyms for drawgear

Depending on context, synonyms include coupler.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tackling, foregear, collar, hame, harness, headgear.

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