seatbox
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]seatbox (plural seatboxes)
- a box on which a person can sit, for example in a steam locomotive.
- 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 6:
- Purchased by Northern Pacific and renumbered 2626, Four Aces survived until diesels and long after roller bearings on all axles were considered as necessary on a steam locomotive as the engineer's seatbox.