permanent way

American  

noun

British.

1. the roadbed and track of a railroad.

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permanent way British  

noun

1. the track of a railway, including the ballast, sleepers, rails, etc

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Etymology

Origin of permanent way

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

It hasn’t been used as a permanent way to deploy troops into our cities.

From Slate

The terrain is difficult enough and inaccessible enough that it likely would not have been utilized even by pre-Columbian peoples, certainly not in a permanent way.

From Salon

So those wheels have always moved extraordinarily slowly, and I wish that revelations like Dan Janzen's back in the early '90s would have really changed that in a permanent way, in a global way, but they haven't.

From Salon

Those joining the call are "ready to help bring an end to this war in a just and permanent way that allows Ukraine to enjoy its freedom", he said.

From BBC

The result is that we can genetically label those cells in a permanent way.

From Scientific American