Definitions for traction-engine

traction-engine traction engine

Traction-Engine is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 1308 anagrams from letters in traction-engine (-aceegiinnnortt).

Definitions for traction-engine

noun

  1. a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.

Origin of traction-engine

First recorded in 1855-60

Examples for traction-engine

traction engine with “endless railway,” 62; with indiarubber tyres, 209.

Afterwards he was distracted by a traction engine going through the town, and his aunt had got some sprats for supper.

I told him you put the barge on rollers and towed it up to Ledyard with a traction engine.

It is something of a trick to handle a traction engine on the road.

Then, when we all felt fit, we returned to the traction engine.

A traction engine is also employed in hauling the product of the mines.

That year the threshing was done in the fields with a traction engine.

One party falls in road, and is run over by traction engine.

If you want a traction engine for threshing, etc., stick to steam.

The next step forward was to substitute for horses a traction engine.

Word Value for traction-engine
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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