drawgear

plural drawgears

1. countableA harness for draught horses.
2. countableuncountablerail transportThe means or parts by which cars or carriages are connected to be drawn.

   Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.

   1961 February, “Letters to the Editor: Swiss railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 126

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   Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.

   1958 April 28, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275

   Synonyms: coupler