reversing lever

English

Noun

reversing lever (plural reversing levers)

1. A lever in a steam engine that operates the slide valve.
   • 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146:

     Once the train is gliding away gently, one should all but close the regulator, pull the reversing lever up to about 50 per cent cut-off, close the by-pass valve and open the regulator again, all in a flash.

References

• “reversing lever”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.