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buffer beam en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
    • This locomotive was fitted experimentally with a seat on the front buffer beam, for the inspection of station gardens. 1948 November and December, “The Holden 2-4-0 Locomotives of the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 374, photo caption:

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bufferbeam alternative lexicographic
buffer beams Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

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