steam whistle

British  

noun

1. a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc

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Example Sentences

It must have been around two o’clock in the afternoon when steam whistles were blown & we shoved off.

From Literature

By 1909, their trains ran on a busy schedule, taunting bottlenecked traffic on the opposite shore with every steam whistle.

From Seattle Times

She half heard the steam whistle blow, and half watched the train pull out of the station.

From Literature

The curfew shriek of the gas company’s commanding steam whistle on Ramirez Street sent kids racing home.

From Los Angeles Times

Church bells clang, and in the harbor, ships blare their foghorns and steam whistles shrill.

From Literature