Meanings
nounGibson ring (plural Gibson rings)
plural Gibson rings
- rail transportA retaining ring used to fit a steel tire/tyre to the wheel of rolling stock.
The tyres of the five pairs of coupled wheels are secured to the cast-steel centres by Gibson rings.
1954 March, “New Class "9" 2-10-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 166
Origin
After its inventor, J. Gibson of the British Great Western Railway.
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