💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Draught engine"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bull pumpnoun | (mining) A direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump. |
| enginenoun | The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. |
| man enginenoun | (historical) A mechanical lift for raising and lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (mining), a device by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft, consisting of a series of landings or sollars 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 person steps from a landing to a shelf and is raised or lowered to the next landing, upon which they then step, and so on, travelling by successive stages. |
| feed pumpnoun | A force pump for supplying a steam engine's boiler with water. |
| steam enginenoun | Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work. |
| beam enginenoun | A kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod. |
| dutynoun | (countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. |
| steeple enginenoun | A vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. |
| steamernoun | (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming. |
| locomotivenoun | (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons. |
| diesel enginenoun | (usually automotive, transport) Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel). |
| enginerynoun | (archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. |
| air enginenoun | An engine put into motion by air expanded by heat. |
| handcarnoun | A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism |
| eng.noun | Abbreviation of engine. [A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.] |
| pumpjacknoun | (US) The ground-based drive for a submerged pump in an oil borehole. |
| triger processnoun | (engineering, mining) A method of sinking through water-bearing ground, in which the shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an airlock, work being proceeded with under air pressure. |
| tractionnoun | Grip. |
| tender enginenoun | (rail transport) Any steam locomotive that has a tender attached, carrying its supply of fuel and water; the term is normally used to distinguish from a tank engine. |
| handraulicsnoun | The operation of equipment by hand. |
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