spring saddle

noun

A bent metal bar on the top of a railway carriage journal-box, surrounding the arch-bar and supporting the spring.

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Meanings

nounspring saddle (plural spring saddles)

plural spring saddles

  1. historicalrailwaysA bent metal bar on the top of a railway carriage journal-box, surrounding the arch-bar and supporting the spring.
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“spring saddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20saddle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spring saddle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20saddle.

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