Meanings
plural coupling rods
- rail transportA rod that couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, a steam locomotive in particular, so that the driving wheels act together as a unit.
The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store.
1960 March 28, “Notes and News: Two Scenes from Norfolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 214
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rod that couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, a steam locomotive in particular, so that the driving wheels act together as a unit.
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