ALL meanings of broad-gauge
broad-gauge
B b - adjective broad-gauge Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock. 1
- adjective broad-gauge of wide scope, application, or experience: broad-gauge efforts to improve the health of our citizens. 1
- noun broad-gauge a standard of measure or measurement. 1
- noun broad-gauge a standard dimension, size, or quantity. 1
- noun broad-gauge any device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, especially for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy: pressure gauge; marking gauge. 1
- noun broad-gauge a means of estimating or judging; criterion; test. 1
- noun broad-gauge extent; scope; capacity: trying to determine the gauge of his own strength. 1
- noun broad-gauge Ordnance. a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound: a twelve-gauge shotgun. 1
- noun broad-gauge Railroads. the distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track, usually 4 feet 8.5 inches (1.4 meters) (standard gauge) but sometimes more (broad gauge) and sometimes less (narrow gauge) 1
- noun broad-gauge the distance between a pair of wheels on an axle. 1
- noun broad-gauge the thickness or diameter of various, usually thin, objects, as the thickness of sheet metal or the diameter of a wire or screw. 1
- noun broad-gauge the fineness of a knitted fabric as expressed in loops per every 1.5 inches (3.8 cm): 15 denier, 60 gauge stockings. 1
- noun broad-gauge Nautical. the position of one vessel as being to the windward (weather gauge) or to the leeward (lee gauge) of another vessel on an approximately parallel course. 1
- noun broad-gauge Building Trades. the portion of the length of a slate, tile, etc., left exposed when laid in place. 1
- noun broad-gauge the amount of plaster of Paris mixed with mortar or common plaster to hasten the set. 1
- verb with object broad-gauge to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure. 1
- verb with object broad-gauge to appraise, estimate, or judge. 1
- verb with object broad-gauge to make conformable to a standard. 1
- verb with object broad-gauge to mark or measure off; delineate. 1
- verb with object broad-gauge to prepare or mix (plaster) with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar. 1
- verb with object broad-gauge to chip or rub (bricks or stones) to a uniform size or shape. 1