reversing lever

English

Noun

reversing lever (plural reversing levers)

A lever in a steam engine that operates the slide valve.
- 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146:
  Once the train is gliding away gently, one should all but close the regulator, pull the reversing lever up to about 50 per cent cut-off, close the by-pass valve and open the regulator again, all in a flash.

References

“reversing lever”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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