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Look up: caboose

  1. caboose
    at the end of every freight train is the usually red --, familiar to millions of Americans. The -- is the office of the conductor, and the traveling home of the freight-train crew. Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  2. Caboose
    Ca·boose' (kȧ*bōs') noun [ Confer Dutch kabuis , kombuis , Danish kabys , Swedish kabysa , German kabuse a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab cabin, booth...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/2

  3. Caboose
    • (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. • (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. caboose
    (from the article `railroad`) One type of vehicle that is fast disappearing in North America and virtually extinct in Europe is the caboose, or brake-van. With modern air-braking ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/2

  5. Caboose
    US term for brake van
    Found on http://www.railway-technical.com/newglos

  6. Caboose
    Caboose is British slang for a prison.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. Caboose
    Caboose is British slang for a prison.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Caboose
    A `caboose` is a manned North American rail transport vehicle coupled at the end of a freight train. Although cabooses were once used on nearly every freight train, their use has declined and they are seldom seen on trains, except on locals and smaller railroads. Function: The caboose provided the t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose

  9. Caboose
    (ship`s galley) `Caboose` (also camboose, coboose, cubboos derived from the Dutch kombuis) is a term used for a small ship`s kitchen, or galley on deck. At one time a caboose related to a smaller kitchen on a merchantman ship, while on a larger warship it was called a ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose



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