six-coupled

English

Adjective

six-coupled (not comparable)

(rail transport) Of a locomotive, having six driving wheels on three axles coupled together with rods.
- 1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an Important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
  Tank engines, all six-coupled, are used on a variety of services.

References

“six-coupled locomotive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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