Search Result for "switch_engine":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard;
[syn: switch engine, donkey engine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Switching \Switch"ing\, a. & n. from Switch, v. [1913 Webster] Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also switch engine. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

switch engine n 1: a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard [syn: switch engine, donkey engine]