caboose Meaning & Definition

  • En [ kəˈbuːs]
  • Us [ kəˈbuːs]

Meaning of caboose In English

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Examples of caboose

  • Except for one or two railroad hands waiting by the caboose of a freight train, nobody was about. 

  • Lincoln traveled any way he could-in ordinary passenger trains, or even in the caboose of a freight train. 

  • The express had run her nose into the caboose of the freight, and more harm was done to the freight than to the passenger cars. 

  • Those individuals making up a train endeavor to keep any one from hitching on to their caboose. 

  • When nearly opposite the caboose the big train settled to a stop. 

  • The caboose had three bunks, but at 13 x 5.5 x 5 ft (4 x 1.7 x 1.5 m) the accommodation was exceedingly cramped.

  • Robin had the idea of constructing a wooden, canvas-covered caboose to fit onto one of the weasel sledges.

  • The caboose is seen by the traveling public - it is made for the company's use chiefly - is known to be deficient in very many qualities, which distinguish the passenger car.

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