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TIRES |
Car wheels |
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HUBS |
Centres of car wheels |
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TREAD |
The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear. |
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AXLE |
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a
car or carriage; an axletree. |
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PINCH |
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. |
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HUTCH |
A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and
hoisted out of the pit. |
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CONE |
To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment
of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels. |
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WEB |
A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for
connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. |
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KINGBOLT |
A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and
wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with
the other parts. |
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TRUCK |
A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or
more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry
and guide one end... |
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BRAKE |
A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by
friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers
against the whee... |