dandy cart en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A wagon in which a horse could rest and travel downhill on a gravity-worked railway, before hauling wagons back up the incline.
Three examples of the dandy cart in which horses descended inclines at the rear of gravity-operated trains.
1942 March, “The Dandy Cart”, in Railway Magazine, page 86, image caption:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dandy carts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |