refrigerator car

noun

a freight car having either an ice chest or machinery for chilling perishables and sometimes having a heating unit to keep perishables from freezing.

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

The growth of these private refrigerator car lines caused the disappearance of live stock shipments.

One night we slept in a refrigerator car, where I felt as if icicles were forming on my spine.

Other lots were held a day after being withdrawn from the refrigerator car and then examined.

After dark I hunted around in the railroad yards until I found an empty refrigerator car.

I found the car—a big refrigerator car with the leeward door wide open for ventilation.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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