Meaning of saddletank | Babel Free
Definitions
- A style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle.
- An early style of ballast tank submarine in which the tank sits on top like a saddle.
Examples
“The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.