SLIP-TONGUE WHEEL


Meaning of SLIP-TONGUE WHEEL in English

noun

: a two-wheeled logging truck in which the load is suspended under an axle or arch and whose design is such that on a downgrade the end of the tongue slips out of a stirrup so as to let one end of the logs drop to the road and act as a brake

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