| 单词 | point lever |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoint lever point lever n. a lever by which a point on a railway, tramline, etc., is moved; cf. point handle n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > points > device for moving of point lever1851 point handle1891 points lever1931 1851 Times 18 Sept. 4/3 By accident, he might have let go his hold of the point lever, the points would thereupon fly back to their original and regular position, and then the tender would pass to the siding, and the catastrophe would follow as of course. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 8/1 In Edinburgh Station the lines are worked from 565 signal and point levers. 1978 G. M. Kichenside & A. Williams Brit. Railway Signalling (ed. 4) i. 6 The grouping of signal and point levers together in one frame was first seen in the mid-1850s. 2003 Re: OT Trams in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st (Usenet newsgroup) 21 Nov. London Transport used to have pointsmen stationed on the pavement..to change point levers at busy locations. < as lemmas |
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