(Fr. traineau.) A peculiar kind of sleigh used for the transportation of merchandise, wood, &c., in Canada.
·v The tail of a bird. II. Train ·v A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. III. Train ·v The after par...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A train of artillery for siege operations. ...
·add. ·- A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous co...
·add. ·- Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train ru...
·add. ·- An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to the running of trains and their right ...
·- Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling. ...
·- A train going in the direction conventionally called up. II. Up-train ·- A train going in the di...
·add. ·- ·same·as Vestibule train, under <<Vestibule>>. ...
The train of heavy ordnance necessary for a siege, which, since the copious introduction of vertical...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An equipment for insuring the passage of troops over a river. Pontooners. (See pontoon.) ...
Properly, the whole of the material, with its transport, required for carrying on a siege; but more ...
A tackle which is during action hooked to an eye-bolt in the train of a gun-carriage, and to a ring-...
A certain number of pieces of ordnance, completely mounted and fitted with appurtenances and retinue...