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triple-headed en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having three heads.
   • triple-headed eagle
2. (not-comparable) Of a train, hauled by three locomotives.
   • Some further pictures of his are reproduced at the head of this article and on page 557. One shows an example of a triple-headed train attacking the gradient, and results from one of the latest 2-10-4 "Selkirk" type locomotives, which can handle 1,000-ton trains up the grade, having been diverted to another duty ; as a heavy eastbound train (the Dominion) has had to leave Field with a Calgary Pacific as train engine, the assistance of a 2-10-2 has been insufficient, and a 2-8-2 has been added, making three engines in all. 1940 October, “Field Hill on the C.P.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 530:

Relateds

double-headed

Synonyms

tricephalic · tricephalous · three-headed