broad gauge


nounRailroads.
  1. See under gauge (def. 15).

Origin of broad gauge

1
First recorded in 1835–45
  • Also especially in technical use, broad gage .

Words Nearby broad gauge

Other definitions for broad-gauge (2 of 2)

broad-gauge

or broad-gauged

[ brawd-geyj ]

adjective
  1. Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.

  2. of wide scope, application, or experience: broad-gauge efforts to improve the health of our citizens.

Origin of broad-gauge

2
1835–45, for an earlier sense

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use broad gauge in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for broad gauge

broad gauge

noun
  1. a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1/2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems

adjectivebroad-gauge
  1. of, relating to, or denoting a railway having this track

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012