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Broad gauge   /brɔd geɪdʒ/   Listen
Broad gauge

noun
1.
A railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches.





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... were put in hand for carrying the defensive line further to the east. The construction was commenced of a broad gauge of railway from Kantara eastwards across the desert. This railway eventually became the trunk line between Egypt and Palestine. In the days of trench warfare before Gaza, it transported freight trains heavily laden with rations and ammunitions, troop trains conveying officers and men in open ...
— With the British Army in The Holy Land • Henry Osmond Lock


Words linked to "Broad gauge" :   railroad track, railway, gauge, railroad


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