broad gauge

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   a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches

   Broaderrailroad trackgauge

Questions about broad gauge

What does broad gauge mean?

broad gauge means "a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches".

Is broad gauge a common word?

broad gauge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.