uncoupling

English

Verb

uncoupling

1. present participle and gerund of uncouple

Noun

uncoupling (plural uncouplings)

1. The act by which persons or things are uncoupled.
   • 1960 June, “Talking of trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:

     It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

     This uncoupling done, Gimbert opened the regulator as Nightall climbed back onto the footplate, in order to pull the one burning wagon away from the rest of the bomb-laden train.

Derived terms

• conscious uncoupling