caboose

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
2. isim A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship.

   “On the second day out, while sailing moderately on our course in the Gulf Stream, a sudden squall of wind struck the ship from the SW. and knocked her completely on her beam-ends, stove one of our boats, entirely destroyed two others, and threw down the cambouse.”

3. isim The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
4. isim The buttocks.

   “That's a pretty big caboose for a baby.”

5. isim The person or team in last place.
6. isim A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time.

   “Jimmy was seven and had just finished first grade, so that made Nancy our caboose baby — our bonus child — our swan song.”