[
UK
/kˈaʊkætʃɐ/
]
NOUN
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
How To Use cowcatcher In A Sentence
- Finally, it can triple as a cowcatcher, much like the ones featured on throbbing steam engines.
- In 1969 it was fitted with a warning bell, cowcatcher, and buckeye couplings before travelling to the US and Canada.
- Agnes preferred to ride on a platform above the cowcatcher, a nice metaphor for the desire to look ahead in life.
- Need a cowcatcher on the front of the truck, just like that Dodge in the remake of Death Race. Cheeseburger Gothic » Escaping New York.
- My brother dashed out of the house, ran to the end of our lane and discovered a mangled mass jammed on the cowcatcher of the massive locomotive. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs
- As a fan of cowcatchers and clacking wheels, Elrond Lawrence tracked Salinas Valley rails into the early 20th century.
- Hmmm, unless I'm much mistaken this is the Agricultural Android Model 350 complete with abdominal cowcatcher. Ferre: Abs Fab
- Get your hands up to your forehead with your forearms protecting your face like a train's cowcatcher.
- And then I spotted her, crouched down right against the cowcatcher, that close I'd almost stepped on her. THE HUSSY
- And I never had much trouble with the Spiggoties, what of letting them sneak free rides in the tender or on the cowcatcher. THE HUSSY
