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Definition of Shimming
1. shim [v] - See also: shim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimming
Literary usage of Shimming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roadway and Track by Walter Freeman Rench (1921)
"shimming Track.—The maintenance of branches in winter almost always requires some
shimming of the track to compensate for the effect of frost. ..."
2. Roadway and Track by Walter Freeman Rench (1921)
"shimming Track.—The maintenance of branches in winter almost always requires some
shimming of the track to compensate for the effect of frost. ..."
3. Roadway and Track by Walter Freeman Rench (1921)
"shimming Track.—The maintenance of branches in winter almost always requires some
shimming of the track to compensate for the effect of frost. ..."
4. Winter Track Work by Edward Rowland Lewis (1917)
"It is harder to break a man of over-shimming than of lifting out track ...
Other foremen are so careful to make the shimming safe that they destroy many ..."
5. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"shimming.—During nearly half the year the railways in the larger part of North
America must fight constantly the effects of frost. ..."
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