Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bottom, as of a car, which can be let fall or opened down-ward: a common device for unloading certain kinds of railroad-cars.
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Examples
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All I got out of it was where to find an ashpan drop-bottom, steam accumulators and why they are still used, and the ability to recognize a three-cylinder locomotive by sound alone. '
Funeral In Berlin Deighton, Len, 1929- 1964
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The stone was shipped in drop-bottom cars and dumped into bins built on the ground under the trestle.
Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette
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The wagons were patent dump wagons of the drop-bottom type.
Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette
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