A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.

plural of yard pilot

A locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear.

A pea coat.

(bridge building) A conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.

A kind of boat used to transport pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.

plural of cow-pilot

hardtack

A coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.

Agkistrodon contortrix, the copperhead, a venomous viper found in the United States. / Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus, the northern pine snake, a harmless colubrid found in North America.