roomette
nounEtymology From room + -ette.
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Rail transport, Railways, Transport US A small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car.
- Although many luxurious single-room sleepers are in service, the demand for sleeping accommodation on long journeys is so great that vehicles less weighty in proportion to their passenger accommodation, and therefore less expensive for the traveller, have become a paramount need, which is largely solved by the roomette car.1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
- The 20-hr. rail journey was, I think the most unusual and comfortable that I have ever made, because I travelled in a "roomette," a small private room for one person.1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493:
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- For most of its journey it is made up to about fourteen cars, of which a large proportion provide the better type of sleeping accommodation (bedrooms, roomettes, etc.).1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554:
- Related terms
- couchette