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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
Other Words From
- narrow-gauge especially in technical use, narrow-gage adjective
- narrow-gauged especially in technical use, narrow-gaged adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of narrow gauge1
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.
The car was used until narrow gauge freight service on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad stopped in 1967.
“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.”
You can remind him that people suffer across the world while he studies the history and politics of the narrow gauge.
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.
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