metre gauge

See also: metre-gauge

English

Alternative forms

meter gage (US)

Noun

metre gauge (uncountable)

(rail transport) A track gauge of one metre.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
  The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.

Related terms

metre-gauge (adjective)

Translations

track gauge

Chinese:
Mandarin: 米軌／米轨 (mǐguǐ)
German: Meterspur (de) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: meterspor n

Nynorsk: meterspor n

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