going train


nounHorology.
  1. the gear train for moving the hands of a timepiece or giving some other visual indication of the time.

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How to use going train in a sentence

  • Back to Meechum's Station, from body and top of the out-going train floated wild cheering.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
  • Only an hour later Mr. Pearl and Hoiden stood at the new station on Luke's land, waiting for the east-going train.

    Hoosier Mosaics | Maurice Thompson
  • Mr. Levice, sleepily turning on his pillow, heard the whistle of the out-going train with benignant satisfaction.

  • Just an ordinary woman, lost in a dream of some kind while awaiting her departure on an out-going train!

    The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow | Anna Katharine Green
  • Judson's dash and his capture of the out-going train were easily accounted for: he had seen Hallock.