Usually means: Steam-powered, wheeled, heavy haulage vehicle.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. traction engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. traction engine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. traction engine: Collins English Dictionary
  4. traction engine: Vocabulary.com
  5. traction engine: Wordnik
  6. traction engine: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. traction engine: Wiktionary
  8. traction engine: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. traction engine: Dictionary.com
  10. Traction engine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. traction engine: Rhymezone
  12. traction engine: FreeDictionary.org
  13. traction engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. traction engine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. traction engine: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (traction engine)

noun:  A wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or provide power at a chosen location.

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