[brawd-geyj] 
| 1. | Railroads. of or pertaining to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock. |
| 2. | of wide scope, application, or experience: broad-gauge efforts to improve the health of our citizens. |
[geyj] verb, gauged, gaug⋅ing, noun | 1. | to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure. |
| 2. | to appraise, estimate, or judge. |
| 3. | to make conformable to a standard. |
| 4. | to mark or measure off; delineate. |
| 5. | to prepare or mix (plaster) with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar. |
| 6. | to chip or rub (bricks or stones) to a uniform size or shape. |
| 7. | a standard of measure or measurement. |
| 8. | a standard dimension, size, or quantity. |
| 9. | any device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, esp. for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy: pressure gauge; marking gauge. |
| 10. | a means of estimating or judging; criterion; test. |
| 11. | extent; scope; capacity: trying to determine the gauge of his own strength. |
| 12. | Ordnance. a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound: a twelve-gauge shotgun. |
| 13. | Railroads. the distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track, usually 4 ft. 8.5 in. (1.4 m) (standard gauge), but sometimes more (broad gauge) and sometimes less (narrow gauge). |
| 14. | the distance between a pair of wheels on an axle. |
| 15. | the thickness or diameter of various, usually thin, objects, as the thickness of sheet metal or the diameter of a wire or screw. |
| 16. | the fineness of a knitted fabric as expressed in loops per every 1.5 in. (3.8 cm): 15 denier, 60 gauge stockings. |
| 17. | Nautical. the position of one vessel as being to the windward (weather gauge) or to the leeward (lee gauge) of another vessel on an approximately parallel course. |
| 18. | Building Trades. the portion of the length of a slate, tile, etc., left exposed when laid in place. |
| 19. | the amount of plaster of Paris mixed with mortar or common plaster to hasten the set. |
| broad gauge n.
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