"pilot engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pilot engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pilot engine (plural pilot engines)
  1. A locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear.
    Sense id: en-pilot_engine-en-noun-SSrk2ppe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pilot engine (plural pilot engines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear."
      ],
      "id": "en-pilot_engine-en-noun-SSrk2ppe",
      "links": [
        [
          "locomotive",
          "locomotive"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilot engine"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pilot engines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pilot engine (plural pilot engines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "locomotive",
          "locomotive"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilot engine"
}

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