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hand-operated en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Operated or controlled manually, rather than by automatic, electronic or other means.
    • All these level crossings have hand-operated gates, and are manned by crossing-keepers. 1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:
    • The two outside roads have one ton transporter hand-operated cranes, but there is provision for the installation of cranes on the inner roads also. 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766: