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- Dictionarybogie/ˈbəʊɡi/
noun
- 1. an undercarriage with four or six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railway vehicle.
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a carriage on a train in which passengers sit. Fewer examples. The fastest railway wheels in the world are on a new bogie developed by a German company. Each of Eurostar's carriages shares a common bogie, making the entire train more rigid than a traditional one. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. bogie noun [C] (FEAR) (also bogey)
1. : a low strongly built cart. 2. a. chiefly British : a swiveling railway truck. b. : the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck. 3. : a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)
A bogie in the UK, or a railroad truck, wheel truck, or simply truck in North America, is a structure underneath a railway vehicle (wagon, coach or locomotive) to which axles (hence, wheels) are attached through bearings. In Indian English, bogie may also refer to an entire railway carriage.
Bogie definition: (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.. See examples of BOGIE used in a sentence.
Definition of bogie noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves. 2. mainly British. a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc. 3. a Scots word for soapbox (sense 3) Collins English Dictionary.
Define bogie. bogie synonyms, bogie pronunciation, bogie translation, English dictionary definition of bogie. also bo·gy n. pl. bo·gies 1. One of several wheels or supporting and aligning rollers inside the tread of a tractor or tank.
Definitions of 'bogie' 1. an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves. [...] 2. mainly British. a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc. [...] 3. a Scots word for soapbox (sense 3) [...] More. Conjugations of 'bogie'
something that functions as a real or imagined barrier that must be overcome, bettered, etc.: Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers. A speed of 40 knots is a bogy for motorboats. Military bogey1 (def. 3).
bogie. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Golf bo‧gie1 /ˈbəʊɡi $ ˈboʊ-/ noun [ countable] a bogey Examples from the Corpus bogie • L - 27-29,31-35 Brush bogie cars. • Billy Tolboys was sitting on a crane bogie with his head buried in his hands.
