metre gauge

See also: metre-gauge

English

Alternative forms

• meter gage (US)

Noun

metre gauge (uncountable)

1. (rail transport) A track gauge of one metre.
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

     The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.

Related terms

• metre-gauge (adjective)

Translations

track gauge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米軌／米轨 (mǐguǐ)

• German: Meterspur (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meterspor n

  Nynorsk: meterspor n

See also

• standard gauge
• narrow gauge
• broad gauge