buffet car


noun Railroads.

a car having facilities for preparing and serving light meals.

Origin of buffet car

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example sentences from the Web for buffet car

  • As the train was to be a light one, consisting of a buffet-car and a parlor-car, the party could not be very large.

    Aladdin & Co. |Herbert Quick
  • Stationery, books, and magazines became features of the buffet-car.

    The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford

British Dictionary definitions for buffet car

buffet car
/ (ˈbʊfeɪ) /

noun

British a railway coach where light refreshments are served