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ROTARY SNOWPLOW [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
DEF

[A] piece of railroad snowfighting equipment ... characterized by the large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate as a unit to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it.

Key term(s)
  • rotary snow plough
  • rotary snowplough
  • rotary plough

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
OBS

Avec soufflerie d'évacuation.

OBS

Pluriel : des chasse-neige ou des chasse-neiges.

OBS

chasse-neiges (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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