[
UK
/ʌnkˈʌpəld/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
having the coupling undone
the uncoupled caboose rolled down the incline
How To Use uncoupled In A Sentence
- Police particularly want to interview anyone who saw the trailer being uncoupled from the tractor unit or can identify the vehicle which towed it away.
- Finally, for once the idea of the ‘cutting edge’ has uncoupled itself from the notion that it must be ‘challenging.’
- the uncoupled caboose rolled down the incline
- The carriage which included the two compartments in question was uncoupled and side-tracked.
- Only later did we learn that the towns on the signs indicated where those cars would be uncoupled.
- The uncoupled coupling swayed slightly back and forth on its slightly rusted hinge.
- Two wagons had been uncoupled and set up at the far side as back to back dressing rooms.
- Reading literature and having a damn good time had become quietly but decidedly uncoupled.
- Our train uncoupled and went choo-chooing along to rescue the stranded passengers.
- The engine had been uncoupled from the rest of the train.