platform car

noun

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

Origin of platform car

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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Historical Examples of platform car

On the platform-car he found the soldiers and their commander, sitting silent and unconcerned as before.
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