parlour car

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• parlour car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlor car, ↑drawing room car, ↑palace car, ↑chair car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage * * …   Useful english dictionary

• parlour — Parlor Par lor, n. [OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See {Parley}.] [Written also {parlour}.] 1. A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc. Specifically: (a) The apartment in a monastery or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• passenger car — noun a railcar where passengers ride • Syn: ↑coach, ↑carriage • Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑railcar, ↑railway car, ↑railroad car • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• chair car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlor car, ↑parlour car, ↑drawing room car, ↑palace car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage …   Useful english dictionary

• drawing-room car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlor car, ↑parlour car, ↑palace car, ↑chair car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• palace car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlor car, ↑parlour car, ↑drawing room car, ↑chair car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage …   Useful english dictionary

• parlor car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlour car, ↑drawing room car, ↑palace car, ↑chair car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage …   Useful english dictionary

• Parlor car — Parlor Par lor, n. [OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See {Parley}.] [Written also {parlour}.] 1. A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc. Specifically: (a) The apartment in a monastery or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dome car — Former California Zephyr dome car in excursion train service with the defunct Inland Lakes Railway – Plymouth, Florida. A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in …   Wikipedia

• Observation car — A heavyweight observation on display at the Illinois Railway Museum. An observation car/carriage/coach (in US English, often abbreviated to simply observation or obs) is a type of railroad passenger car, generally operated in a passenger train as …   Wikipedia

• Canada Car Company — was a railcar manufacturer based in Turcot, Quebec (a suburb in Montreal) and later merged with several other companies to form Canadian Car and Foundry in 1909.Canada Car Company was incorporated January 1905 with W.P. Coleman as president and… …   Wikipedia