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Origin of narrow gauge

First recorded in 1835–45

OTHER WORDS FROM narrow gauge

narrow-gauge; especially in technical use, narrow-gage, adjectivenarrow-gauged; especially in technical use, narrow-gaged, adjective

Words nearby narrow gauge

narrow-bodied, narrowcast, narrow construction, narrow escape, narrow-fisted, narrow gauge, narrow-minded, narrows, narrow seas, narthex, Narva

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How to use narrow gauge in a sentence

Note the numerous narrow-gauge rails lying along the roadside.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres|Unknown
Though of narrow gauge the roadbed was laid for standard gauge, and this change can be made at any time.
Guatemala, the country of the future|Charles M. Pepper
The provincial authorities had recently arranged for the building of a narrow-gauge road from one end of the island to the other.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
The line is single, and has a gauge of three feet, the standard of the existing narrow gauge lines in Ulster.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883|Various

Lakelands proper is a contented village of two dozen houses situated on a forlorn, narrow-gauge railroad line.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for narrow gauge

narrow gauge

noun

a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1/2 in

adjective narrow-gauge, narrow-gauged

of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge

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