Meanings
nounmonoblock (plural monoblocks)
plural monoblocks
- alternativeAlternative spelling of monobloc, a forging or casting made in a single piece.
The "S3s" had three cylinders in a single monoblock casting, and like many other of Sir Vincent Raven's designs, used a direct drive through short connecting rods on to the leading pair of coupled wheels.
1944 November and December, “Conversion of L.N.E.R. "B16" Class 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 349
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