block signal

a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.

Origin of block signal

First recorded in 1880–85

block signaling, noun

block plane, block print, block printing, block release, block sampling, block signal, block system, block tin, block trade, block vote, blocky

But this time it falls harmless as one of Chauncey Depew's periodical four-track, block-signal presidential booms.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches|Henry A. Castle
Why should he battle with the intricacies of a block-signal system when everybody else round the place has a separate bell?
Europe Revised|Irvin S. Cobb
The passage of a law requiring the adoption of a block-signal system has been proposed to the Congress.
State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt

单词	block signal
释义	block signal noun a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track. Origin of block signal First recorded in 1880–85 OTHER WORDS FROM block signal block signaling, noun Words nearby block signal block plane, block print, block printing, block release, block sampling, block signal, block system, block tin, block trade, block vote, blocky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for block signal But this time it falls harmless as one of Chauncey Depew's periodical four-track, block-signal presidential booms. The Army Mule and Other War Sketches\|Henry A. Castle Why should he battle with the intricacies of a block-signal system when everybody else round the place has a separate bell? Europe Revised\|Irvin S. Cobb The passage of a law requiring the adoption of a block-signal system has been proposed to the Congress. State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt\|Theodore Roosevelt
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