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A device for raising people and/or equipment by means of a bucket or platform attached to a boom or expanding scissors-style supports.
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A mechanical device used to provide temporary access to areas at high levels.
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(military, aviation) A cargoplane filled with munitions, that are deployed when airborne by dropping them out the rear door, and having the weapons perform any necessary targetting and maneuvering by themselves.
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The total weight placed upon an axle and its attached wheels, which is transmitted to a road or rail surface.
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(military, slang) The control column of an aircraft.
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(nautical) side by side
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A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin.
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(chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
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A board or plank used as a bridge.
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(military) An external fuel tank that is loaded on the bomb rack on military aircraft, having hose-and-drogue equipment for aerial refuelling.
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Alternative form of bullgine [(US, slang, obsolete) A steam locomotive.]
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A driven cylindrical winding drum around which a steel cable is wound, used for haulage on inclines, ski-lifts etc.
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(engineering) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
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(plural "cavallettos") A specialized gantry crane for loading and unloading cargo ships that attaches to and moves along guides on the ship's hatchway.
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The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
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Alternative spelling of conveyor belt [A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.]
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A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.
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A hoist for lifting cattle.
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The use of a crane to hoist goods.
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(uncountable) The activity of operating a skill tester.
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Alternative form of cranage [The use of a crane to hoist goods.]
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An opening allowing cranes to pass in and out of an industrial building.
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A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
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A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
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a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.
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A singletree, the bar to which the coupling of a railway carriage is attached.
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Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.
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An aerial work platform.
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Short for front-end loader. [A type of four-wheeled tractor, used in construction, which has a one-man cabin and a large scoop at the front which can be used to dig up dirt or other material.]
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The front shaft or pole of a wheeled vehicle.
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To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
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A person who operates a forklift.
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A person employed to operate a forklift.
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A vehicle that can freewheel.
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(automotive) Part at the front of a Formula 1 car which deflects the turbulent air that is generated on the sides of the wheels so that it does not disturb the rest of the car.
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A coupling device used on semi-trailer trucks for attaching air brake lines from the tractor to the trailer.
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Alternative form of hail shafts; plural of hailshaft
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Part of an airframe designed to carry an external load such as a missile.
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A low-cost structure designed to raise the height of a low railway station platform to meet the level of the train entrance step.
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A kind of mechanical lift, or elevator.
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(emergency services) Emergency rescue equipment used to open a severely damaged passenger vehicle with a strong mechanical jaw function that forcibly pushes or pulls metal components apart, to quickly and somewhat safely extricate the trapped occupants.
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(automotive) An item of portable equipment for jump-starting a vehicle.
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(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
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(trucking) The bipod stand found near the front end underneath a truck trailer, used to keep the trailer level when not attached to a tractor truck.
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Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
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(truck equipment) A hydraulic or electric platform that installs onto the rear of a vehicle and which may be raised or lowered in the loading/unloading of heavy cargo
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A projection from the top of a mill or other building for the purpose of hoisting material from ground level.
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A mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (mining) a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next landing, upon which he then steps, and so on, travelling by successive stages.
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A permanently installed device used in place of an elevator, consisting of a series of handle-and-step groups attached to a vertical conveyor, and used to transport people, typically in an industrial environment.
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An aerial work platform.
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(archaic) gasoline, petrol
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A crane used in industry with a steel bridge mounted on a runway at either end, and a hoist which travels along the bridge.
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A manually operated device used to lift and move pallets chiefly within a warehouse; the most basic form of a forklift.
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A manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets.
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That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
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One of the side rods bracing the perch of a carriage to the rear axle.
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A crane used on a railway platform.
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A manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets.
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(automotive) A jack with a pumping action that lifts a car very quickly
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A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
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(US navy) A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.
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A heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt in the construction of roads.
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Having a top that rolls away when not needed.
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Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”) [A strong U-shaped bar fastened to the frame of a vehicle, such as an off-road vehicle or a race car to protect the driver and passengers from being crushed in the event that the vehicle rolls over.]
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(colloquial, idiomatic) A car.
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A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink.
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(historical, Britain, automotive) A vehicle used to carry shooting parties.
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Alternative spelling of sidewheeler [(nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side]
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A forklift truck which has its forks mounted on one side.
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(railways) An engineer employed to drive in the nails that fasten the rails.
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The moving platform of a container crane.
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Alternative form of steamroller [(historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.]
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A bar connecting the steering wheel to the torsion bars to steer a car or vehicle.
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(nautical) A shaft that connects a propeller to its engine
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(UK, dialect) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator, crane, or lift.
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An often truck-mounted lift for reaching heights; a cherry picker.
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A bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed.
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Alternative form of travelling crane [A crane fixed on a carriage which may be moved on rails.]
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A device actuated by wheels passing over it.
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A hydraulic jack (lifting device) mounted on wheels, and equipped with a long handle which also acts as a pump handle, which can be pulled to wherever it is needed.
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A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
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An aircraft's undercarriage.
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The wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.
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(rail transport) A kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.
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(slang, archaic) A dollar.
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(transitive) To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair, wheelbarrow or trolley.
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The horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle.
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The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
adj
(informal) Having wheels; mounted on wheels; wheeled.
adj
Made easier for novices.
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An elevated or elevating platform, usually portable, used for carrying out work in normally unreachable locations.
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(slang) A heavy vehicle used to transfer concrete lane dividers on a roadway.
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