单词 | train road |
释义 | > as lemmastrain road train road n. a railway, a railway track; spec. = trainway n. (a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > temporary track trainway1839 train road1875 shoo-fly1905 1801 Recreations in Agric. Feb. 476 In mines,..where very small carriages only can be employed, very light rails are used, forming what are called train roads. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2610/1 Train-road,..a construction railway; a slight railway for small loads. 1929 A. C. Laut Romance of Rails I. ii. 15 Up in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1826, a train road like a modern coal mine dump was in use to convey blocks of stone from a quarry for the Bunker Hill monument. 1999 M. Blum Walnut Tree v. 86 Townspeople bringing wares to the market, peasants smelling of rancid butter, put on their hair to protect against lice and the devil, lining the sidewalk, and trucks moving towards the train road. < as lemmas |
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