loading gauge
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "In Russia, where experiments on a considerable scale have been made with condensing, the railways have the considerable advantage of a loading gauge 17 ft. high (the biggest in the world), as compared with the British 13 ft. or slightly over."
- "The first "K" class 4-8-4 appeared in 1932. Designed and built in New Zealand, these are probably the biggest non-articulated locomotives possible within the loading gauge."
- "The total of wagons generally conforming to Continental standards but specially built to our loading gauge so that they are capable of use on the ferry routes is now 8,000."
- "The coaches are similar to those of the Hampshire diesel-electric units, which went into service in September, 1957, but have 8ft 6in wide bodies, instead of 9ft, because of loading gauge limitations on the South Eastern Division."
- "But there is a continuing distinction between the loading gauge (the size of the trains) of the deep-level Tube trains and the loading gauge of the cut-and-cover trains. The latter are bigger - as big as main-line trains."
Usage
- British usage