all-welded
English
Etymology
From all- + welded
Adjective
all-welded (not comparable)
- Constructed with only welded joints, without bolts or rivets being used.
- 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 160, 163:
- In accordance with S.R. practice since the days of Bulleid, the design of components employs welding extensively - in fact the smokebox, motion and slide bar brackets and frame stretchers are all-welded structures.
[p163] The most ambitious of these items were undoubtedly the all-welded boilers for the short-lived and much-discussed "Leader" 0-6-6-0s; [...]