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a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.[1870-75, Amer.]
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Observation car — Ob ser*va tion car A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
observation car — ☆ observation car n. a railway car with extra large windows or a transparent dome for facilitating a view of the scenery … English World dictionary
Observation car — A heavyweight observation on display at the Illinois Railway Museum. An observation car/carriage/coach (in US English, often abbreviated to simply observation or obs) is a type of railroad passenger car, generally operated in a passenger train as … Wikipedia
observation car — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms observation car : singular observation car plural observation cars tourism a railway carriage designed for passengers to look at the view through large windows. It is usually the last carriage of a train … English dictionary
observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed. [1870 75, Amer.] * * * ˌobserˈvation car 7 [observation car] noun a coach/car on a train with large windows, designed to give passengers a good view of the … Useful english dictionary
observation car — railroad passenger car with large windows to enable the passengers to view the scenery … English contemporary dictionary
observation car — /ɒbzəˈveɪʃən ka/ (say obzuh vayshuhn kah) noun a railway carriage usually attached to the rear of a passenger train, designed to afford passengers an unobstructed view of passing scenery …
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