platform car

American  

noun

1. a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.

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Etymology

Origin of platform car

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

Let us suppose that the two miles of track are perfectly straight, and make our train one platform car, a mile long, with parallel rails laid upon its top.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry

For only answer, Timothy immediately swung Glory up to the little platform car, depositing Bonny Angel beside her with equal speed, then made room for himself among the surprised trackmen already grouped there.

From A Sunny Little Lass by Raymond, Evelyn

Fancy that our locomotive is strong enough to pull the platform car over the two miles in two minutes.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry

Put a little dummy engine on these rails, and let it run to and fro along the platform car, while the platform car is pulled along the ground track.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry

Behind the platform car come ordinary baggage and passenger coaches, black with men in the same rough, devil-may-care scouting rig.

From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles