"observation car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: observation cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} observation car (plural observation cars)
  1. (rail transport) A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (type of railway car): maisemavaunu (Finnish), wagon-salon [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-observation_car-en-noun-guhIW-2L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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