Meaning of free-running | Babel Free

Definitions

Moving freely and smoothly.

Examples

“As to any suggestion that Stroudley's engines were not free-running at high speed, this was of little moment with 60 m.p.h. laid down as the limit at that time.”

“It is the Bulleid Pacifics of the Southern Region, which all observers of locomotive performance know to be among the freest running engines in the country.”

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