ferry van
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A railway goods van intended for train ferry traffic to and from continental Europe.
British usage; Dated
Example Sentences
- "More than one exporter had complained that ferry vans were in desperately short supply and that the B.R. fleet of 400 new vans (over 150 of which are now in service) would fall far short of immediately foreseeable requirements. [...] The solution to the exporters' demand for more stock of this kind, it was said, lay in the quicker turnround of the Continental ferry wagons bringing imports to this country."
- "A grey morning in Tonbridge in 1977 sees No. 33208 rattle through the station with a long train of ferry vans and wagons from the train ferry at Dover."