Garratt

English

Etymology

Developed by Herbert William Garratt, a British locomotive engineer.

Noun

Garratt (plural Garratts)

1. A steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler.
   • 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:

     The 13th class were the first Garratts on the line and on arrival were set to work on the Villa [sic: Vila] Machado-Umtali section, increasing the train load from the 350 tons hauled by the 9th class to 450 tons.

Synonyms

• Beyer-Garratt

Hyponyms

• 0-4-0+0-4-0

Further reading

• Garratt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

Garratt

1. A surname.

See also

• Garrett