"lifting shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lifting shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifting shop (plural lifting shops)
  1. (rail transport) A workshop where vehicles are lifted off their bogies for maintenance work to be carried out. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-lifting_shop-en-noun-agVOpD58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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