railroadingn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪlrəʊdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈreɪlˌroʊdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: railroad n., -ing suffix¹; railroad v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < railroad n. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < railroad v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later railwaying n.

Chiefly U.S.

1. The business or action of constructing and running railroads, or of working for a railroad.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > making or working railroads > [noun]

railroading1835

rail work1845

railworks1870

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > business of making or working

railroading1835

1835 Christian Advocate & Jrnl. 4 Dec. 1/6 He is unwilling to believe that his countrymen, who excel all other people in commercial enterprise..will not also excel all other people in railroading.

1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 228 Mountain rail~roading is much easier at its highest than at its lower levels.

1887 M. Roberts Western Avernus 203 Railroading is considered by all who do not follow it as a ‘low-down job’.

1915 Literary Digest 4 Sept. 458/1 The New Haven was wrecked by excessive capital issues either alien to the business of railroading or for properties and purposes without equivalent value.

1945 F. H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue ii. 7 The prevalence of Joneses in railroading, as elsewhere, is shown by the fact that in 1944 there were 1,078 Joneses on the Canadian National pay roll.

1993 Canad. Geographic May 92/1 To be fair, this white-collar ambience is somewhat balanced by a chapter on ‘Railway People’ recounting the hands-on labour of steam-era railroading.

2. Travelling by rail; the transport of goods by rail.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > [noun]

railway travelling1837

railroading1842

railwaying1843

rail travel1849

train travel1857

1842 F. A. Kemble Let. 16 June in Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 258 An hour's railroading from London has brought me into a lovely country.

1862 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 406/2 We unconsciously demand of our writers the same dash and the same accuracy which we demand in railroading or dry-goods-jobbing.

1905 Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 33 Automobilism has been taken too much as a matter of course, though its position is obviously midway between cycling and rail-roading.

1953 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening Jrnl. 3 Nov. 6 ‘Piggy back railroading’ (hauling truck trailers on flat cars) [had] been hailed by various railroads and one automotive manufacturer as a strikingly simple idea for abating highway congestion and cutting the high price of trucking.

1993 Mod. Railways July 448 (advt.) If you like modern mountain railroading with sweeping curves, tunnels, trestles and lots of fall foliage, then this tape is a must!

†3. Printing. In proof-correcting: a method of indicating by parallel lines that words are to be transferred to the next line; overrunning. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing i. xvi. 153 This kind of correction is called ‘railroading’ or overrunning.

4. The action of rushing something, or pushing something through; summary or hasty action; (also) the action of convicting a person summarily or wrongly.

ΚΠ

1884 American 8 104 A conviction secured in an hour..the ‘railroading’ feature..produces a painful feeling.

1889 World 2 Aug. 1/7 The Court of Common Pleas, through which so much of this railroading of certain cases and suppression of information is effected, costs the city nearly $200,000 a year.

1906 J. London White Fang v. v. 318 It was a case, in the parlance of thieves and police, of ‘railroading’.

1949 Chicago Tribune 29 Dec. 11/2 Of course not all the old people in our mental institutions are victims of railroading.

1966 National Observer (U.S.) 19 Dec. 12/2 Democratic county chairmen hereabouts have, of necessity, worked out a terrific combination of railroading, arm twisting, and snow jobbing, not necessarily involving consent or persuasion.

1978 ‘R. Lewis’ Inevitable Fatality v. 127 Monroe had put you in the chair... He expected a railroading through of the whole thing.

2005 R. K. Tanenbaum Fury ii. 34 The press..had pilloried the former DA..and the NYPD for the ‘racist railroading’ of the poor young men.

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

单词	railroading
释义	railroadingn. Brit. /ˈreɪlrəʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪlˌroʊdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: railroad n., -ing suffix¹; railroad v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < railroad n. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < railroad v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later railwaying n. Chiefly U.S. 1. The business or action of constructing and running railroads, or of working for a railroad. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > making or working railroads > [noun] railroading1835 rail work1845 railworks1870 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > business of making or working railroading1835 1835 Christian Advocate & Jrnl. 4 Dec. 1/6 He is unwilling to believe that his countrymen, who excel all other people in commercial enterprise..will not also excel all other people in railroading. 1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 228 Mountain rail~roading is much easier at its highest than at its lower levels. 1887 M. Roberts Western Avernus 203 Railroading is considered by all who do not follow it as a ‘low-down job’. 1915 Literary Digest 4 Sept. 458/1 The New Haven was wrecked by excessive capital issues either alien to the business of railroading or for properties and purposes without equivalent value. 1945 F. H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue ii. 7 The prevalence of Joneses in railroading, as elsewhere, is shown by the fact that in 1944 there were 1,078 Joneses on the Canadian National pay roll. 1993 Canad. Geographic May 92/1 To be fair, this white-collar ambience is somewhat balanced by a chapter on ‘Railway People’ recounting the hands-on labour of steam-era railroading. 2. Travelling by rail; the transport of goods by rail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] railway travelling1837 railroading1842 railwaying1843 rail travel1849 train travel1857 1842 F. A. Kemble Let. 16 June in Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 258 An hour's railroading from London has brought me into a lovely country. 1862 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 406/2 We unconsciously demand of our writers the same dash and the same accuracy which we demand in railroading or dry-goods-jobbing. 1905 Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 33 Automobilism has been taken too much as a matter of course, though its position is obviously midway between cycling and rail-roading. 1953 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening Jrnl. 3 Nov. 6 ‘Piggy back railroading’ (hauling truck trailers on flat cars) [had] been hailed by various railroads and one automotive manufacturer as a strikingly simple idea for abating highway congestion and cutting the high price of trucking. 1993 Mod. Railways July 448 (advt.) If you like modern mountain railroading with sweeping curves, tunnels, trestles and lots of fall foliage, then this tape is a must! †3. Printing. In proof-correcting: a method of indicating by parallel lines that words are to be transferred to the next line; overrunning. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing i. xvi. 153 This kind of correction is called ‘railroading’ or overrunning. 4. The action of rushing something, or pushing something through; summary or hasty action; (also) the action of convicting a person summarily or wrongly. ΚΠ 1884 American 8 104 A conviction secured in an hour..the ‘railroading’ feature..produces a painful feeling. 1889 World 2 Aug. 1/7 The Court of Common Pleas, through which so much of this railroading of certain cases and suppression of information is effected, costs the city nearly $200,000 a year. 1906 J. London White Fang v. v. 318 It was a case, in the parlance of thieves and police, of ‘railroading’. 1949 Chicago Tribune 29 Dec. 11/2 Of course not all the old people in our mental institutions are victims of railroading. 1966 National Observer (U.S.) 19 Dec. 12/2 Democratic county chairmen hereabouts have, of necessity, worked out a terrific combination of railroading, arm twisting, and snow jobbing, not necessarily involving consent or persuasion. 1978 ‘R. Lewis’ Inevitable Fatality v. 127 Monroe had put you in the chair... He expected a railroading through of the whole thing. 2005 R. K. Tanenbaum Fury ii. 34 The press..had pilloried the former DA..and the NYPD for the ‘racist railroading’ of the poor young men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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