MAILCATCHER


Meaning of MAILCATCHER in English

/mayl"kach'euhr/ , n. Railroads.

a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.

[ 1870-75, Amer.; MAIL 1 + CATCHER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .