Ten-Wheeler

[ ten-hwee-ler, -wee- ]

noun

1. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ten-Wheeler¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

In one motion the flutter of the exhaust ceases, and the huge ten-wheeler buckles to the sudden setting of the brakes.

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Joe and his guard reached one of the huge entrances as a ten-wheeler truck came in with a load of shining metal plates.

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The ten-wheeler was on its side in the ditch, nuzzling the opposite bank of a low cutting.

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The reversing-lever of a big ten-wheeler is no child's plaything, and he stood ready to help her if she could not manage it.

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