"maiden run" meaning in English

See maiden run in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: maiden runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} maiden run (plural maiden runs)
  1. (rail transport, of a locomotive, train, etc.) Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild. Tags: usually Categories (topical): Rail transportation Related terms: maiden voyage
    Sense id: en-maiden_run-en-noun-ActDFKUM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for maiden run meaning in English (1.3kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maiden runs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maiden run (plural maiden runs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160",
          "text": "On February 17, 1956, the first one, No. 35018, left Eastleigh on its maiden run with a Bournemouth stopping train.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild."
      ],
      "id": "en-maiden_run-en-noun-ActDFKUM",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "train",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport, of a locomotive, train, etc.) Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a locomotive"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "maiden voyage"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maiden run"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maiden runs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maiden run (plural maiden runs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "maiden voyage"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160",
          "text": "On February 17, 1956, the first one, No. 35018, left Eastleigh on its maiden run with a Bournemouth stopping train.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "train",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport, of a locomotive, train, etc.) Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a locomotive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maiden run"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.