trunk engine
noun
an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
a double-acting steam engine having a connecting rod passing through a trunk to the piston.
Origin of trunk engine
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby trunk engine
trundletail,
trunk,
trunk cabin,
trunk call,
trunk curl,
trunk engine,
trunk hose,
trunk line,
trunk piston,
trunk road,
trunk show
Example sentences from the Web for trunk engine
The “trunk-engine” was still another of the almost innumerable inventions of Watt.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine |Robert H. Thurston