'Locomotive engine' definitions:
Definition of 'locomotive engine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive]
Definition of 'Locomotive engine'
From: GCIDE
- Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
- Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.
- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
- Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
- Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. [1913 Webster] Locomotiveness