car spring (karspring)

A spring serving to le en the jar of a railroad-car. The devices used for this purpose are exceedingly numerous, consisting of elastic cushions, levers, or plates like ordinary carriage springs, crimped plates, spiral and helical springs, etc. car-standard (kär's tan" därd), n. In her., a bearing representing a standard borne on a four-wheeled car. See carroccio. car-starter (kär stärter), n. 1. A device by which the momentum of a street-car is utilized in overcoming its inertia in starting again after stopping: this is usually effected by means of springs.-2. One who gives the order or signal for starting a horse-car or railway-train at a station; a car or train-despatcher. car-swallow, carr-swallow (kar's wol"ō), n. [Prob.