horn guide

English

Noun

horn guide (plural horn guides)

  1. Alternative form of hornguide
    • 1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 382:
      The faces of the axlebox and horn guides and the rubbing surfaces of the bolster are fitted with manganese steel liners. The full self-alignment provided by single-row, self-aligning roller bearings and underslung equalising beams minimises rubbing wear in the horn guides.
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