Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

2-8-8-2

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: 2-8-8-2
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Meaning

noun

Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

Example Sentences

"The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, […] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable."

Inflected Forms

2-8-8-2s (plural)

Questions

What does 2-8-8-2 mean?: Under the Whyte notation system, a Mallet-type locomotive with two leading wheels on a leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and two trailing wheels on a trailing truck.

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