flanged rail
Britishnoun
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Carr, a Sheffield colliery manager, invented a flanged rail, while Jessop, another colliery engineer, took the other line by using flat rails but flanged cart-wheels.
From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas
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