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Definition of Tank car
1. Noun. A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tank Car
Literary usage of Tank car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"(Multiple violations) Improper preparation to unload tank car, including failure
to set ... (Multiple violations) tank car without shelf couplers. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Carriers <g=»83—Before payment of draft, or without shipper's permission, oil
company not entitled to possession of tank car shipped "order notify. ..."
3. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Calvin A. Smith, Leander Garey, Matthias Nace Forney (1888)
"tank car. Figs. 22, 139-42. A car provided with a large tank, which see, ...
Tank-step (tank car). A metal shelf or bracket fastened to the t ink to ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"The Commission said it may be conceded that the amount of paying freight was
materially greater in tank than in barrel shipments, and that the tank car, ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Í7 LRA The tank car had a discharge pipe in the bottom and about the center of
the tank, ... The tank car arrived at Ft. Scott on the 17th of November, ..."
6. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1903)
"Longitudinal strips or filling pieces underneath the tank of a tank car, ...
TANK STEP (tank car). A metal shelf or bracket fastened to the tank to ..."
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