railheadn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪlhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈreɪlˌ(h)ɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rail n.², head n.¹

Etymology: < rail n.² + head n.¹

1. (a) The furthest point reached by a railway (also figurative). (b) The point on a railway from which road or branch-line transportation of supplies begins.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > furthest point reached

railhead1905

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > point where branch-line or road begins

railhead1941

1835 C. Young Let. 6 Aug. in L. Kennedy Bk. Railway Journeys (1980) 7 [Six o'clock] found all of us in our omnibus on our way to the much talked of railhead [sc. of the Manchester to Liverpool line].

1896 Daily News 13 May 9/3 The advanced base camp has been transferred to the vicinity of the rail head.

1905 Daily Chron. 14 June 4/2 The political rail-head..has not got beyond Balfour Junction, and there are no definite lines of policy laid down beyond that point.

1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xvii. 119 Now mineral wealth comes in—copper at the Duchess, with a railhead at Dajarra.

1972 Oxf. Times 5 May 4/1 Culham, Clifton Hampden, Stadhampton and Little Milton are all on the route from the Didcot railhead—and lorries are due to start rolling in three weeks' time... No-one..expected Didcot to be the railhead for the materials.

2002 Railway World Sept. 8/1 Frank Dobson, MP for Holborn and St Pancras, signalled the official opening of the new railhead by waving a green flag on the King's Cross/St Pancras railway lands.

2. The shaped top of a rail.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails

string-piece1789

carriage1816

chair1816

pedestal1816

surface plate1822

web1835

frog1837

switch-bar1837

snake-head1845

fish1847

fish-joint1849

plate nail1849

fishing-key1852

fish-plate1855

joint-chair1856

rail chair1864

railhead1868

lead1871

fish-bar1872

splice-piece1875

fish-plating1881

splice-jointa1884

splice-bar1894

1868 Times 14 Dec. 4/6 There was nothing whatever in the present system to keep the rail-head in any plane whatever.

1893 Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. at Flanger A vertical iron or steel bar for scraping snow and ice from the insides of rail-heads to make room for the wheel-flanges.

1958 C. H. Ellis in C. Singer et al. Hist. Technol. V. 322 The street tramway employs narrow flanged wheels running on a grooved rail-head.

2001 Express (Nexis) 2 Apr. 63 The first railways were single track from A to B with one train... The original railheads were two inches wide and set at five feet apart.

Compounds

General attributive, chiefly in sense 1, as railhead camp, railhead facilities, railhead town, etc.

ΚΠ

1897 Times 24 Aug. 3 After a 12 hours' journey I arrived at the railhead camp... Here I witnessed a scene of great activity... Sleepers and rails are laid with extraordinary speed.

1943 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 15 Feb. 4 A raging fire..wiped out an entire block of this northern railhead town.

1973 Times 29 Nov. 16/7 Every factory and warehouse and all the rest—is provided with railhead facilities.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 412/2 This was in general only temporary until the pipeline, gathering stations and railhead installations..had all been fully run in.

2002 Wichita (Kansas) Eagle (Nexis) 25 Aug. h4 A typical cattle drive from Texas to any of several Kansas railhead towns after the Civil War was an arduous journey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	railhead
释义	railheadn. Brit. /ˈreɪlhɛd/, U.S. /ˈreɪlˌ(h)ɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rail n.², head n.¹ Etymology: < rail n.² + head n.¹ 1. (a) The furthest point reached by a railway (also figurative). (b) The point on a railway from which road or branch-line transportation of supplies begins. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > furthest point reached railhead1905 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > point where branch-line or road begins railhead1941 1835 C. Young Let. 6 Aug. in L. Kennedy Bk. Railway Journeys (1980) 7 [Six o'clock] found all of us in our omnibus on our way to the much talked of railhead [sc. of the Manchester to Liverpool line]. 1896 Daily News 13 May 9/3 The advanced base camp has been transferred to the vicinity of the rail head. 1905 Daily Chron. 14 June 4/2 The political rail-head..has not got beyond Balfour Junction, and there are no definite lines of policy laid down beyond that point. 1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xvii. 119 Now mineral wealth comes in—copper at the Duchess, with a railhead at Dajarra. 1972 Oxf. Times 5 May 4/1 Culham, Clifton Hampden, Stadhampton and Little Milton are all on the route from the Didcot railhead—and lorries are due to start rolling in three weeks' time... No-one..expected Didcot to be the railhead for the materials. 2002 Railway World Sept. 8/1 Frank Dobson, MP for Holborn and St Pancras, signalled the official opening of the new railhead by waving a green flag on the King's Cross/St Pancras railway lands. 2. The shaped top of a rail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails string-piece1789 carriage1816 chair1816 pedestal1816 surface plate1822 web1835 frog1837 switch-bar1837 snake-head1845 fish1847 fish-joint1849 plate nail1849 fishing-key1852 fish-plate1855 joint-chair1856 rail chair1864 railhead1868 lead1871 fish-bar1872 splice-piece1875 fish-plating1881 splice-jointa1884 splice-bar1894 1868 Times 14 Dec. 4/6 There was nothing whatever in the present system to keep the rail-head in any plane whatever. 1893 Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. at Flanger A vertical iron or steel bar for scraping snow and ice from the insides of rail-heads to make room for the wheel-flanges. 1958 C. H. Ellis in C. Singer et al. Hist. Technol. V. 322 The street tramway employs narrow flanged wheels running on a grooved rail-head. 2001 Express (Nexis) 2 Apr. 63 The first railways were single track from A to B with one train... The original railheads were two inches wide and set at five feet apart. Compounds General attributive, chiefly in sense 1, as railhead camp, railhead facilities, railhead town, etc. ΚΠ 1897 Times 24 Aug. 3 After a 12 hours' journey I arrived at the railhead camp... Here I witnessed a scene of great activity... Sleepers and rails are laid with extraordinary speed. 1943 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 15 Feb. 4 A raging fire..wiped out an entire block of this northern railhead town. 1973 Times 29 Nov. 16/7 Every factory and warehouse and all the rest—is provided with railhead facilities. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 412/2 This was in general only temporary until the pipeline, gathering stations and railhead installations..had all been fully run in. 2002 Wichita (Kansas) Eagle (Nexis) 25 Aug. h4 A typical cattle drive from Texas to any of several Kansas railhead towns after the Civil War was an arduous journey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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