'Rolling stock' definitions:
Definition of 'rolling stock'
From: WordNet
noun
Collection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier
Definition of 'Rolling stock'
From: GCIDE
- Rolling \Roll"ing\, a.
- 1. Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- Rolling bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
- Rolling circle of a paddle wheel, the circle described by the point whose velocity equals the velocity of the ship. --J. Bourne.
- Rolling fire (Mil.), a discharge of firearms by soldiers in line, in quick succession, and in the order in which they stand.
- Rolling friction, that resistance to motion experienced by one body rolling upon another which arises from the roughness or other quality of the surfaces in contact.
- Rolling mill, a mill furnished with heavy rolls, between which heated metal is passed, to form it into sheets, rails, etc.
- Rolling press. (a) A machine for calendering cloth by pressure between revolving rollers. (b) A printing press with a roller, used in copperplate printing.
- Rolling stock, or Rolling plant, the locomotives and vehicles of a railway.
- Rolling tackle (Naut.), tackle used to steady the yards when the ship rolls heavily. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rolling stock'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Amtrak,
- baggage train,
- cable railroad,
- choo-choo,
- cog railroad,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric,
- electric train,
- elevated,
- express,
- express train,
- flier,
- freight,
- freight train,
- freighter,
- funicular,
- goods train,
- interurban,
- lightning express,
- limited,
- local,
- metro,
- milk train,
- monorail,
- parliamentary,
- parliamentary train,
- passenger train,
- rack-and-pinion railroad,
- railroad train,
- rattler,
- shuttle,
- shuttle train,
- special,
- streamliner,
- subway,
- train,
- tube,
- underground,
- way train