underfloor en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros Proto-Germanic *flōrazder. Proto-Germanic *flōruz Proto-West Germanic *flōr Old English flōr Middle English flor English floor English underfloor From under- + floor.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Located beneath the floor.
The ride quality is pure HST - you have a smoother ride than on any underfloor DMU, aided by less intrusive noise. Sitting at the end of the coaches (and thus over the bogies) is obviously that bit bouncier, but in the centre of the trailer cars it's lovely - and much better than so many new trains such as Voyagers or Class 180s... in fact, anything with those dreaded underfloor engines.
2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 54: