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cowcatcher

[ kou-kach-er ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cowcatcher1

An Americanism dating back to 1830鈥40; cow 1 + catcher
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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.

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With each new handoff, he lowers his shoulders and steams ahead, face mask jutting out like a cowcatcher, yards piling up all the while.

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A train comes, black and sooty, with a 鈥渢riangular snout of the cowcatcher鈥 and a single ragged boxcar.

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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.

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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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