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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A truck-bolster which bears on springs that are supported by a transverse timber called a spring-plank, which is suspended by hangers or links, so that it can swing laterally to the truck: so called in distinction from a rigid bolster. Car-Builder's Dict. See cut under
car-truck .
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