railworksn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪlwəːks/, U.S.

/ˈreɪlˌwərks/

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

Etymology: < rail n.² + the plural of work n. With sense 1 compare work n. 21. With sense 2 compare earlier rail work n. 2.

1. A factory producing rails for railway lines.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others

coal pitOE

wireworks1598

alum works1617

copperas-worka1661

saltpetre house1683

nailery1802

railworks1863

lockworks1864

sulphur-work1870

tack-mill1884

pitch-boilery1885

rubber plant1886

soot house1957

1863 Times 4 Aug. 6 The London and North-Western locomotive-works and rail-works at Crewe, where a number of Bessemer steel rails will be rolled.

1964 Trans. & Papers Inst. Brit. Geographers 34 136 The Cammell interests decided to build their third rail works at Dronfield.

2006 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 25 Oct. 23 A Grade I listed former GWR building in Swindon's former railworks.

2. Usually in form rail works. Projects involving the construction or repair of railway lines. Cf. rail work n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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

railroading1835

rail work1845

railworks1870

1870 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 33 396 At present, the demand for ordinary labourers is slack, owing to..the temporary stoppage of many large public works. As soon as the railworks are commenced, there will be a large demand for labouring men.

1957 Times 29 Aug. 8 (heading) S. Africa seeking £10m. for rail works.

1996 S. Mitchell Daily Life Victorian Eng. iii. 59 Large gangs of navvies..moved through the countryside scooping out cuttings and banking grades for the rail works of the 1840s.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	railworks
释义	railworksn. Brit. /ˈreɪlwəːks/, U.S. /ˈreɪlˌwərks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rail n.², work n. Etymology: < rail n.² + the plural of work n. With sense 1 compare work n. 21. With sense 2 compare earlier rail work n. 2. 1. A factory producing rails for railway lines. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others coal pitOE wireworks1598 alum works1617 copperas-worka1661 saltpetre house1683 nailery1802 railworks1863 lockworks1864 sulphur-work1870 tack-mill1884 pitch-boilery1885 rubber plant1886 soot house1957 1863 Times 4 Aug. 6 The London and North-Western locomotive-works and rail-works at Crewe, where a number of Bessemer steel rails will be rolled. 1964 Trans. & Papers Inst. Brit. Geographers 34 136 The Cammell interests decided to build their third rail works at Dronfield. 2006 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 25 Oct. 23 A Grade I listed former GWR building in Swindon's former railworks. 2. Usually in form rail works. Projects involving the construction or repair of railway lines. Cf. rail work n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > making or working railroads > [noun] railroading1835 rail work1845 railworks1870 1870 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 33 396 At present, the demand for ordinary labourers is slack, owing to..the temporary stoppage of many large public works. As soon as the railworks are commenced, there will be a large demand for labouring men. 1957 Times 29 Aug. 8 (heading) S. Africa seeking £10m. for rail works. 1996 S. Mitchell Daily Life Victorian Eng. iii. 59 Large gangs of navvies..moved through the countryside scooping out cuttings and banking grades for the rail works of the 1840s. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863
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