handcar

[ hand-kahr ]

/ ˈhændˌkɑr /

noun

a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand, used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.

Origin of handcar

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; hand + car¹

Words nearby handcar

handbook, handbound, handbrake, handbrake turn, handbreadth, handcar, handcart, handclap, handclasp, handcraft, handcrafted

Example sentences from the Web for hand-car

In two or three minutes the whole party were flying up the line on the hand-car.

Chasing an Iron Horse |Edward Robins
His arms moved up and down at a furious speed, but it seemed to him that the hand-car was glued to one spot.

Two Little Knights of Kentucky |Annie Fellows Johnston
This was like putting two locomotives ahead of each other to draw a hand-car.

The Library and Society |Various
He sprang lightly down from the road, crossed the few intervening yards and stepped into the hand-car house.

The Black Box |E. Phillips Oppenheim

Have the station-master at the junction equip a hand-car with a searchlight, and send it here as expeditiously as possible.

Cleek, the Master Detective |Thomas W. Hanshew

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handcar

noun

Origin of handcar

Words nearby handcar

Example sentences from the Web for hand-car