How to use switchyard in a sentence
At the bank above the switch-yard he paused, keeping in a shadow, and looked here and there.
Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective | Ellis Parker ButlerSnorky proudly brought forth a diagram which to Skippy's bewildered gaze looked like the cross section of a switch yard.
Skippy Bedelle | Owen JohnsonThank Gawd, there was a back door openin' on a dark alley leadin' to the switch yard.
Excuse Me! | Rupert HughesJust at the intersection of Bean Alley and the switch-yard, where the dusk banked up densely in the corners, he stopped again.
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill | Alice Hegan RiceWith watchful eyes for passers-by, he slipped through an opening in the fence, and entered the switch-yard.
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill | Alice Hegan Rice
British Dictionary definitions for switch yard
US and Canadian an area in a railway system where rolling stock is shunted, as in forming trains
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