platform car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of platform car
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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We are ordered to ship our howitzer on a platform car.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
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
One of our shells was seen to pass along a platform car, thereby creating so much confusion as to delay General Pettigrew from coming immediately into action.
From Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862 by Howe, W. W.
We pushed the platform car upon which howitzer No. 1 was mounted down to the gap, and began operations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
As a practical illustration of the operation of the motor a large platform car, containing a number of invited guests and representatives of the press, was propelled on a track the length of the shop.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various
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