metre gauge

See also: metre-gauge

English

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  • meter gage (US)

Noun

metre gauge (uncountable)

  1. (rail transport) A track gauge of one metre.
    • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
      The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.

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