most narrow-gauge

noun

See under gauge ( def 13 ).

Origin:
1835–45

Related forms

nar·row-gauge; especially in technical use, nar·row-gage, adjective

nar·row-gauged; especially in technical use, nar·row-gaged, adjective

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narrow gauge

—n
1.	a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56½ in

—*adj*
2.	of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge

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gauge

mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. gauge (mid-14c.), from O.N.Fr. gauger, from gauge "gauging rod," perhaps from Frank. *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" (cf. O.N. gelgja "pole, perch," O.H.G. galgo, English gallows). Related: Gauged; gauging.

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