saddletank

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noun

A style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle.

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Meanings

nounsaddletank (plural saddletanks)

plural saddletanks · alternative saddle tank

  1. rail transportA style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle.

    The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.

    1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488
  2. architectureAn early style of ballast tank submarine in which the tank sits on top like a saddle.

Origin

From saddle + tank.

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APA

saddletank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saddletank

MLA

“saddletank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saddletank. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saddletank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saddletank.

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