ten-wheeler

English

Noun

ten-wheeler (plural ten-wheelers)

  1. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.
    • 1954 November, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
      The British-designed 4-6-0 was much older than that, of course. The "ten-wheeler" had originated in the U.S.A., back in 1847.
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