railhead

[ reyl-hed ]

/ ˈreɪlˌhɛd /

noun Railroads.

the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.

the upper part of a rail, used for supporting and guiding the wheels of railroad cars.

a railroad depot at which supplies are unloaded to be distributed or forwarded by truck or other means.

Origin of railhead

First recorded in 1895–1900; rail¹ + head

Words nearby railhead

railcard, rail detector car, rail fence, rail gauge, rail gun, railhead, railing, raillery, rail rage, rail rapid transit, railroad

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Example sentences from the Web for railhead

He said that before we reached the railhead we would probably hear the sound of the guns.
On the King's Service|Innes Logan
Valladolid—railhead, frontier-town—is the back of beyond in Yucatan.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold
This arid outpost of Empire was linked to civilisation by a camel trail to Railhead.
With Manchesters in the East|Gerald B. Hurst
I have now selected two campaigns, those for railhead and for Tekrit, and made a straightforward narrative.
The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad|Edward John Thompson

It was impossible at this time to supply more than a limited number of troops far forward of railhead.
With the British Army in The Holy Land|Henry Osmond Lock

British Dictionary definitions for railhead

railhead

/ (ˈreɪlˌhɛd) /

noun

a terminal of a railway

the farthest point reached by completed track on an unfinished railway

military the point at which material and personnel are transferred from rail to another conveyance

the upper part of a railway rail, on which the traffic wheels run

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	railhead
释义	railhead [ reyl-hed ] / ˈreɪlˌhɛd / noun Railroads. the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid. the upper part of a rail, used for supporting and guiding the wheels of railroad cars. a railroad depot at which supplies are unloaded to be distributed or forwarded by truck or other means. Origin of railhead First recorded in 1895–1900; rail¹ + head Words nearby railhead railcard, rail detector car, rail fence, rail gauge, rail gun, railhead, railing, raillery, rail rage, rail rapid transit, railroad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for railhead He said that before we reached the railhead we would probably hear the sound of the guns. On the King's Service\|Innes Logan Valladolid—railhead, frontier-town—is the back of beyond in Yucatan. The American Egypt\|Channing Arnold This arid outpost of Empire was linked to civilisation by a camel trail to Railhead. With Manchesters in the East\|Gerald B. Hurst I have now selected two campaigns, those for railhead and for Tekrit, and made a straightforward narrative. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad\|Edward John Thompson It was impossible at this time to supply more than a limited number of troops far forward of railhead. With the British Army in The Holy Land\|Henry Osmond Lock British Dictionary definitions for railhead railhead / (ˈreɪlˌhɛd) / noun a terminal of a railway the farthest point reached by completed track on an unfinished railway military the point at which material and personnel are transferred from rail to another conveyance the upper part of a railway rail, on which the traffic wheels run Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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