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narrow gauge
noun
- gauge15
narrow gauge
noun
- a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1 2 in
adjective
- of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge
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Other Words From
- narrow-gauge especially in technical use, narrow-gage adjective
- narrow-gauged especially in technical use, narrow-gaged adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of narrow gauge1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
Note the numerous narrow-gauge rails lying along the roadside.
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Though of narrow gauge the roadbed was laid for standard gauge, and this change can be made at any time.
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The provincial authorities had recently arranged for the building of a narrow-gauge road from one end of the island to the other.
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The line is single, and has a gauge of three feet, the standard of the existing narrow gauge lines in Ulster.
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Lakelands proper is a contented village of two dozen houses situated on a forlorn, narrow-gauge railroad line.
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