walk-through en · ADJ
Etymology
Deverbal from walk through.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) That can be walked through.
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(not-comparable) Of passenger carriages in a train, having no doors in gangway connections between the carriages, often in combination with longitudinal seating, creating a "see-through" effect through the train.
Unlike the older trains, the new units have walk-through carriages and longitudinal rather than transverse seating.
2023 February 22, Paul Stephen, “TfL reveals first of new B23s for Docklands Light Railway”, in RAIL, number 977, page 12:The new trains will also be fully 'walk-through', with no carriage end-doors. Travelling on them is like riding on a sinuous, moving corridor. It's less claustrophobic than the old arrangement, but now you can no longer choose the carriage not occupied by the declaiming loony.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 277:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| walkthrough | alternative | lexicographic |