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Definition of Trunk line

Trunk line
6. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The proboscis of an elephant. (b) The proboscis of an insect. 7. A long tube through which pellets of clay, p?as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath. He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. --Howell. 8. A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler. Locked up in chests and trunks. --Shak. 9. (Mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained. 10. (Steam Engine) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact. 11. A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc. Trunk engine, a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10. Trunk hose, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. Trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. Trunk turtle (Zo["o]l.), the leatherback.

Meaning of Trunk line from wikipedia

- Western Trunk line (Chinese: 縱貫線; pinyin: Zòngguàn xiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiòng-koàn sòaⁿ) is a railway line of Taiwan Railway in western Taiwan. It is by...
- The Trunk Line (Norwegian: Hovedbanen) is a railway line in Norway which runs between Oslo and Eidsvoll. The line is owned by Bane NOR. Built by Robert...
- superstructure Trunk of corpus callosum, in neuroanatomy Elephant trunk, the proboscis of an elephant Trunk (software), in revision control Trunk line, a system...
- p****engers in 2019. Shinkansen (新幹線) in ****anese means 'new trunk line' or 'new main line', but this word is used to describe both the railway lines the...
- with one trunk and many branches. Trunking in telecommunication originated in telegraphy, and later in telephone systems where a trunk line is a communications...
- Trunk Line Bridge No. 237 is a concrete arch bridge in Ransom Township, Michigan, that carries Burt Road over Silver Cr****. Built in 1918, it is listed...
- currently no line S 5. In addition, there is line S 20, which runs from Pasing to Höllriegelskreuth. These two lines do not run through the trunk line tunnel...
- It may also be called a trunk line, for example the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada, the Trunk Line in Norway, and the Trunk Line Bridge No. 237 in the United...
- The Eastern Trunk line (Chinese: 東部幹線; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-pō͘-kàn-soàⁿ) is a railway line of the Taiwan Railways Administration running along Taiwan's sp****ly...
- Coast main trunk line stretches from Padang Besar on the Malaysia–Thailand border to Woodlands Train Checkpoint in Singapore. The main trunk line is double-tracked...