destreamline
verbEtymology From de- + streamline.
1
To remove the streamlining from; to undo the streamlining of.
- The process of destreamlining a GS-4 amounted to little more than ripping off her running board skirts and painting her black.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:
- The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.1969, Trains:
- Synonyms
- unstreamline