˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

narrow gauge

noun

  1. gauge15


narrow gauge

noun

  1. a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1 2 in
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From

  • ²Ô²¹°ù۴ǷÉ-²µ²¹³Ü²µ±ð especially in technical use, ²Ô²¹°ù۴ǷÉ-²µ²¹²µ±ð adjective
  • ²Ô²¹°ù۴ǷÉ-²µ²¹³Ü²µ±ð»å especially in technical use, ²Ô²¹°ù۴ǷÉ-²µ²¹²µ±ð»å adjective
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of narrow gauge1

First recorded in 1835–45
Discover More

Example Sentences

For almost a century the narrow gauge railway hauled slate through Snowdonia before it became the world's first preserved railway in 1951.

From

The car was used until narrow gauge freight service on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad stopped in 1967.

From

“While his competitors were building rail lines east and west, Palmer proposed a narrow gauge from Denver along the Rocky Mountains southward to El Paso, Texas and eventually Mexico.â€

From

You can remind him that people suffer across the world while he studies the history and politics of the narrow gauge.

From

It uses an old-fashioned French narrow gauge, and is so old that when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Hanoi in February for a summit with U.S.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement