water trough

Meaning

Noun

• a long trough placed between the rails in a railway track, which enabled a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply without stopping by lowering a scoop. They were removed at the end of steam train operation.

Related

Similar words

• track pan

Origin

• From Middle English water trouȝ, equivalent to water + trough. Cognate with West Frisian wettertroch, Dutch watertrog, German Wassertrog, Danish vandtrug, Swedish vattentrog.