the name of a steam engine (= a type of early train) which set an unbeaten world record for a train of its type in 1938 by achieving a speed of 126 miles per hour (203 kilometres per hour). It is now kept at the National Railway Museum in York.
MALLARD
Meaning of MALLARD in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005