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cowcatcher
[ kou-kach-er ]
noun
- a triangular frame at the front of a locomotive, especially a steam locomotive, designed for clearing the track of obstructions.
cowcatcher
/ 藞办补蕣藢办忙迟蕛蓹 /
noun
- a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cowcatcher1
Example Sentences
Maybe it鈥檚 the colorful psychedelic-painted steam locomotive, where balls that miss the tunnel underneath ricochet off the cowcatcher with a satisfying clang.
With each new handoff, he lowers his shoulders and steams ahead, face mask jutting out like a cowcatcher, yards piling up all the while.
A train comes, black and sooty, with a 鈥渢riangular snout of the cowcatcher鈥 and a single ragged boxcar.
Though her voice is powerful, and powerfully amplified, it is like a cowcatcher, pushing everything out of its way as it chugs down the tracks.
The locomotive was black, an ungainly contraption led by the triangular snout of the cowcatcher, though there would be few animals where this engine was headed.
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