well-filled

English

Adjective

well-filled (comparative more well-filled, superlative most well-filled)

  1. Sufficiently full, without being full to overflowing.
    • 1953 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
      Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of any banking engine.
    • 1964 September, G. Freeman Allen, “Interim report on the East Coast Route express service”, in Modern Railways, page 159:
      Again, the 9.00 Kings Cross-Newcastle is very variable in its loading, but the 17.00 back, on which most of the stock returns, is usually well-filled.

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