siderod
nounEtymology From side + rod.
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Rail transport, Railways, Transport A coupling rod on each side of a locomotive.
- I recall in particular the amazing speed of the siderods of our elegant little Caledonian 4-6-0 and the vivid contrast between its polished blue livery and the red-funnelled mail steamers and white-hulled yachts crowding Oban Bay; […].1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 705: