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tripcock

noun

Etymology

From trip + cock.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kukkaz✻ — “mass, bulge, swelling”
  3. inherited from *kokk✻
  4. inherited from *cocc✻ — “heap, pile”
  5. inherited from cokke
  6. formed as tripcock — “trip + cock”

Definitions

  1. A train-mounted safety device which interacts with a trackside device to stop a train…

    A train-mounted safety device which interacts with a trackside device to stop a train automatically if it passes a signal at danger (showing a red light).

    • Chiltern Class 165s are fitted with tripcocks to allow them to operate on LU infrastructure between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA