block signal
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noun
a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.
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Origin of block signal
First recorded in 1880–85
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Examples 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. CastleWhy 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. CobbThe 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