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Meaning of wheel shop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A workshop where wheels of locomotives and other railway vehicles are maintained.

Examples

“In the wheel shop a wheel-welding machine, the first of its kind on British Railways when it was installed in 1955, uses a "Lincoln" submerged arc welding head to build up the diameter of old wheel centres (from the 1880 to 1910 era). [p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Wheel Shop: Preparation and assembly of wheel and axle sets.”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

wheel slide wheel spider wheel spinner wheel stitch wheel tax wheel tree