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Cowcatcher

noun
1.
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.  Synonyms: buffer, fender, pilot.





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... the exile in a box car and ship him east or west on the next freight. A number of hilarious disciples of justice varied this proceeding one evening by breaking open the car in which one of Packard's prisoners lay confined and tying him to the cowcatcher of a train which had just arrived. Word came back from Glendive at midnight that the prisoner had reached his destination in safety, though somewhat breathless, owing to the fact that the cowcatcher "had picked up a Texas steer on ...
— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn


Words linked to "Cowcatcher" :   locomotive, buffer, fender, engine, locomotive engine, framework, railway locomotive


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