portable engine

noun

A type of steam engine with four wheels that could be hauled from one site to another, and usually not designed to be driven. The flywheel was used to drive machinery.

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Meanings

nounportable engine (plural portable engines)

plural portable engines

  1. historicalA type of steam engine with four wheels that could be hauled from one site to another, and usually not designed to be driven. The flywheel was used to drive machinery.
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