close-coupled

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊsˈkʌpəld/

Adjective

close-coupled (not comparable)

Attached, coupled or fixed close together.
- 1961 February, “Letters to the Editor: Swiss railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 126:
  Actually, as built, these were the motive power ends of two passenger railcars, each being close-coupled to a driving trailer which had only one axle at the locomotive end and a bogie at the other.

References

“close-coupled” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

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