hormachine

Dutch

Een hormachine op het spoor in 1961.

Etymology

Compound of horren (“to sieve”) +‎ machine.

Noun

hormachine f (plural hormachines)

1. A machine used to sieve, particularly a ballast cleaner used in rail maintenance to sieve track ballast.

   Hyponym: kettinghor

Usage notes

• Today this word is becoming quite rare, as the standard machine type used for rail maintenance is now kettinghor, a specialized type of hormachine.