Meanings
nounmetre gauge (uncountable)
alternative meter gauge · alternative meter gage
- uncountablerail transportA track gauge of one metre.
The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.
1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 米軌 /米轨
- 米軌 /米轨 (mǐguǐ)track gauge
German Meterspur
- Meterspurtrack gauge
Norwegian Bokmål meterspor
- metersportrack gauge
Norwegian Nynorsk meterspor
- metersportrack gauge
Polish rozstaw metrowy
- rozstaw metrowytrack gauge
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metre gauge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metre%20gauge
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“metre gauge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metre%20gauge. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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