Meaning of drawgear | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A harness for draught horses.
   countable
2. The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Constructional features of the railbus include⟳ the use⟳ of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use⟳ of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.”

“Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load⟳ is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.”

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