Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the space between the rails wider than the standard gage of 56½ inches: said of a railroad track: opposed to narrow-gage, which signifies less than the standard width. See
gage .
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Examples
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The two men eyed each other — one with that broad-gage examination which sees even universities as futile in the endless shift of things; the other with that faith in the balance for right which makes even great personal forces, such as financial magnates, serve an idealistic end.
The Titan 2004
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The two men eyed each other -- one with that broad-gage examination which sees even universities as futile in the endless shift of things; the other with that faith in the balance for right which makes even great personal forces, such as financial magnates, serve an idealistic end.
The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908
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Theirs was broad-gage, with their surpassing organisms.
Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Stuart Oliver Henry 1906
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