grab iron
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grab iron (plural grab irons)
- (rail transport, US) A metal bar attached to the side of locomotives and railroad cars for use as a handhold.
- 1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, pages 71–72:
- These alterations included a bevelled nose, modifications to the footsteps, grab irons, and lower cowls around the fans in the roof, to overcome height restrictions on some Southern Pacific lines in the east.
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- “grab iron”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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