weight-saving

English

Noun

weight-saving (uncountable)

  1. An intentional reduction in the weight of an object.
    • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396:
      Because of attention to weight-saving No 5751 weighed much the same as the shorter Maunsell coaches.

Alternative forms
  • weight saving, weightsaving
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