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Meaning of single-driver | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A steam locomotive with a single driving axle.

British, obsolete

Examples

“A few such examples have been preserved, as is well known, such as one of the Stirling 8-ft. singles of the late Great Northern Railway, the Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro, ex-Caledonian single-driver No. 123, the Brighton 0-4-2 Gladstone, and others.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Single-edge single-elimination tournament single-fingered salute single-first cousin Single-font single-handed