'switch engine' definitions:
Definition of 'switch engine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard [syn: switch engine, donkey engine]
Definition of 'switch engine'
From: GCIDE
- Switching \Switch"ing\, a. & n. from Switch, v. [1913 Webster]
- Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also switch engine. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]