narrow gauge
noun
See under gauge (def. 15).
Origin of narrow gauge
1First recorded in 1835–45
Other words from narrow gauge
- narrow-gauge; especially in technical use, narrow-gage, adjective
- narrow-gauged; especially in technical use, narrow-gaged, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for narrow gauge
narrow gauge
noun
a railway track with a smaller distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56 1/2 in
adjectivenarrow-gauge, narrow-gauged
of, relating to, or denoting a railway with a narrow gauge
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