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Definition of Railroad car
1. Noun. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad. "Three cars had jumped the rails"
Specialized synonyms: Baggage Car, Luggage Van, Cabin Car, Caboose, Club Car, Lounge Car, Freight Car, Guard's Van, Handcar, Mail Car, Carriage, Coach, Passenger Car, Slip Carriage, Slip Coach, Tender, Van
Terms within: Suspension, Suspension System
Group relationships: Railroad Train, Train
Generic synonyms: Wheeled Vehicle
Definition of Railroad car
1. Noun. Any railroad vehicle that is not a locomotive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Car
Literary usage of Railroad car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Inculpatory facts sufficient, with possession of property stolen by the breaking
and entering of a railroad car, to convict accused of the breaking, ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"HEAD REST FOR railroad car SEATS. Mr. Alonzo label], of Norwalk, Connecticut,
says the Scientific American, has invented and taken measures to secure a ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1904)
"RAILROAD-CAR BRAKING. BY RA PARKE. A sketch of the practical development of brakes
in railroad services: an analysis of the results of investigation of ..."
4. Annual Report by Maine Board of Railroad Commissioners (1889)
"74, amend- igj,^ 74 ^hc conductor of a train of cars on any railroad or street
railroad car, may arrest and temporarily conductor may hold any person guilty ..."
5. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"AN INCIDENT IN A railroad car HE spoke of Burns: men rude and rough Pressed round
to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"... or ¡f it shall charge, collect, or receive from any person or persons, for
the use and transportation of any railroad car or cars upon its railroad, ..."
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