Womb box

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womb box
Usage: n.
Etymology: The MIT Tech Model Railroad Club
Derivation: TMRC
Alternate Derivation: Proposed


womb box: n.

  1. [TMRC] Storage space for equipment.
  2. [proposed] A variety of hard-shell equipment case with heavy interior padding and/or shaped carrier cutouts in a foam-rubber matrix; mundanely called a flight case. Used for delicate test equipment, electronics, and musical instruments.
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Sources

Source: womb box, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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