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Definition of traction engine in English: traction enginenoun A steam or diesel-powered road vehicle used (especially formerly) for pulling very heavy loads. （尤指从前的）牵引机车，牵引车 Example sentencesExamples - At the front is a guide to the principle features of the traction engine, so you can become quite the expert at the next steam rally.
- Mr Coles said that winter was the perfect time for repairs to be carried out on a traction engine, because during the summer, they are busy attending fairs and rallies.
- He had his own design for the bunkhouses which were towed to each job - the ‘stinkies’ as they are termed in the traction engine language.
- A huge boiler drawn on a traction engine passed through Skipton on its way to Slingsby's Mill in Gargrave.
- The current UK exams, for instance, include a so-called ‘simple mechanical’ invention, which can be anything from a potato peeler to a traction engine.
- The church was carried from Essex to Yorkshire on a traction engine in 1905.
- Visitors will be able to see and take part in many activities, including steam traction engine displays and horse and tractor demonstrations.
- Afterwards, though, what we needed was a traction engine to shunt us all out the door and take us home.
- It was cut into four, and shifted by a traction engine owned by a local sawmiller.
- Thirteen teams will be operating thirteen historic threshing mills and a historic steam traction engine will drive each mill.
- He bought an old traction engine, a Burrell, which was the beginning of a fleet of engines.
- A collection of steam and traction engines, antique class cars, fair-ground organ etc. will also be centred at Bolger's yard while a large marquee is also to be erected.
- It was a good day out with a variety of attractions (e.g. flower tent, steam traction engines, livestock) and displays (showjumping, motorcycle stunt display).
- Now the firm whose steamrollers, traction engines, steam trams, trains and grass cutting equipment contributed to the city's industrial heritage has been recognised.
- But local industries saw the benefit of using a steam wagon, which was smaller and lighter than a traction engine towing a trailer.
- Interesting brasses from traction engine rallies adorn one wall.
- Using their mobile phones the drivers rang the fire service and told them of the devastation being wreaked as the traction engine chugged along.
- In Pickering, a classic car show on June 10 is cancelled but a traction engine rally in early August is still on.
- It was jacked off its foundations, lifted on to a large transporter with six wheels and pulled by two traction engines.
- Everything from show engines to traction engines, steamrollers and steam tractors kept spectators intrigued.
Definition of traction engine in US English: traction enginenounˈtrakSHən ˌenjənˈtrækʃən ˌɛndʒən A steam or diesel-powered road vehicle used (especially formerly) for pulling very heavy loads. （尤指从前的）牵引机车，牵引车 Example sentencesExamples - The current UK exams, for instance, include a so-called ‘simple mechanical’ invention, which can be anything from a potato peeler to a traction engine.
- Afterwards, though, what we needed was a traction engine to shunt us all out the door and take us home.
- The church was carried from Essex to Yorkshire on a traction engine in 1905.
- It was a good day out with a variety of attractions (e.g. flower tent, steam traction engines, livestock) and displays (showjumping, motorcycle stunt display).
- Interesting brasses from traction engine rallies adorn one wall.
- Everything from show engines to traction engines, steamrollers and steam tractors kept spectators intrigued.
- It was jacked off its foundations, lifted on to a large transporter with six wheels and pulled by two traction engines.
- A huge boiler drawn on a traction engine passed through Skipton on its way to Slingsby's Mill in Gargrave.
- Mr Coles said that winter was the perfect time for repairs to be carried out on a traction engine, because during the summer, they are busy attending fairs and rallies.
- But local industries saw the benefit of using a steam wagon, which was smaller and lighter than a traction engine towing a trailer.
- Thirteen teams will be operating thirteen historic threshing mills and a historic steam traction engine will drive each mill.
- Visitors will be able to see and take part in many activities, including steam traction engine displays and horse and tractor demonstrations.
- Now the firm whose steamrollers, traction engines, steam trams, trains and grass cutting equipment contributed to the city's industrial heritage has been recognised.
- He bought an old traction engine, a Burrell, which was the beginning of a fleet of engines.
- In Pickering, a classic car show on June 10 is cancelled but a traction engine rally in early August is still on.
- He had his own design for the bunkhouses which were towed to each job - the ‘stinkies’ as they are termed in the traction engine language.
- A collection of steam and traction engines, antique class cars, fair-ground organ etc. will also be centred at Bolger's yard while a large marquee is also to be erected.
- It was cut into four, and shifted by a traction engine owned by a local sawmiller.
- Using their mobile phones the drivers rang the fire service and told them of the devastation being wreaked as the traction engine chugged along.
- At the front is a guide to the principle features of the traction engine, so you can become quite the expert at the next steam rally.
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