reversing lever

noun

A lever in a steam engine that operates the slide valve.

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Meanings

nounreversing lever (plural reversing levers)

plural reversing levers

  1. A lever in a steam engine that operates the slide valve.

    Once the train is gliding away gently, one should all but close the regulator, pull the reversing lever up to about 50 per cent cut-off, close the by-pass valve and open the regulator again, all in a flash.

    1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146
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