Definition of "narrow-gage" [narrow-gage]

• In railroads, of a gage less than the standard gage of 4 feet 8½ inches.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The narrow-gage goal of killing a monster in WoW, for which you need both hands free to press lots of different firing and flying buttons and you need to move fast and communicate quickly to a large group of people does better with voice."
• "The mixer was so placed that it would dump onto a platform, and the concrete could then be shoveled into a specially designed narrow-gage car."
• "They ran on into the tunnel, Tom and Mr. Damon noticing that a small narrow-gage railroad was laid on the floor, mules being the motive power to bring out the small dump cars loaded with rock and dirt, excavated from the big hole."