Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break of gauge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: break of -gauge
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an occurrence where a railway with one track gauge meets another railway of a different gauge, thus requiring transhipment of goods and passengers, or a change of bogies on the train.

Example Sentences

"The first through consignment ever to travel to Russia by way of the Eastern Region's Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry - two tons of furniture and other household items - left London early in March on a 1,850-mile journey to Moscow; [...] being transferred to a Russian wagon at the Polish frontier because of the break of gauge."

Inflected Forms

breaks of gauge (plural) break-of-gauge (alternative)

Phrases

break-of-gauge station

Questions

What does break of gauge mean?: an occurrence where a railway with one track gauge meets another railway of a different gauge, thus requiring transhipment of goods and passengers, or a change of bogies on the train.

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