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trailing truck

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
trail-ing truck
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

On a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located behind the driving wheels.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

trailing trucks (plural)

Phrases

leading truck trailing axle trailing wheel

Frequently Paired Words

leading truck trailing axle trailing wheel

Questions

What does trailing truck mean?
On a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located behind the driving wheels.

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