Rollbock

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noun

A bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.

OriginGerman Rolle →
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Meanings

nounRollbock (plural Rollbocks)

plural Rollbocks

  1. rail transportA bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.

Origin

  1. GermanRolle“roll”
  2. EnglishRollbock

From German Rolle (“roll”) + Bock (“buck”); the term originated in Switzerland in the early 1880s.

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APA

Rollbock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rollbock

MLA

“Rollbock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rollbock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rollbock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rollbock.

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