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drawgear

noun

Etymology

From draw + gear.

  1. derived from *garwijaną✻ — “to prepare”
  2. derived from gervi
  3. inherited from gere
  4. compounded as drawgear — “draw + gear”

Definitions

  1. A harness for draught horses.

  2. The means or parts by which cars or carriages are connected to be drawn.

    • Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA