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Meaning of steeple cab | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A centrally placed cab on some early electric locomotives.
  2. An electric locomotive with such a cab.

Examples

“All main line work⟳ is carried out by the Type⟳ 1s, whose principal design⟳ fault is offside "blindness", due to the position of the driving cab behind a long, high nose; a steeple cab would obviously be preferable.”

CEFR level

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

Steeple Claydon steeple engine Steeple Flat steeple hat steeple keeper Steeple Langford

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