noun
Schnabel
noun
1
The long, beak-shaped section at the front or rear of a Schnabel car, a type of railway wagon used to carry extremely heavy, oversized loads.
"The transformer was cradled between the two schnabel sections of the rail car."
How to Use Schnabel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA specialized engineering term for part of a heavy-load railway car, named for its beak-like shape.
Word Forms
Schnabels plural, Schnabels plural
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Etymology
From German Schnabel, "beak," describing the tapered, beak-like shape of the load-bearing ends of these rail cars.