Ten-Wheeler
[ ten-hwee-ler, -wee- ]
noun
a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.
Origin of Ten-Wheeler
1First recorded in 1900–05
Words Nearby Ten-Wheeler
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How to use Ten-Wheeler in a sentence
In one motion the flutter of the exhaust ceases, and the huge Ten-Wheeler buckles to the sudden setting of the brakes.
The Grafters | Francis LyndeJoe and his guard reached one of the huge entrances as a Ten-Wheeler truck came in with a load of shining metal plates.
Space Platform | Murray LeinsterThe Ten-Wheeler was on its side in the ditch, nuzzling the opposite bank of a low cutting.
The Taming of Red Butte Western | Francis LyndeThe reversing-lever of a big Ten-Wheeler is no child's plaything, and he stood ready to help her if she could not manage it.
A Romance in Transit | Francis Lynde
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