slip coach
English
Noun
slip coach (plural slip coaches)
- (rail transport) A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.)
Synonyms
- slip carriage
Translations
coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination
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