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Meaning of pilot beam | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.

US

Examples

“To comply with restrictive clearances this T-1-a mounts pumps, headlight and bell on the pilot beam and carries a squared-off sandbox and a naked Coffin feedwater heater.”
“Pilot beams, however, the foremost cross-brace of the frame, continued to be made of wood until almost 1900.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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