railhead

American  

[rayl-hed] / ˈreɪlˌhɛd /

noun

Railroads.

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

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

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

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railhead British  

/ ˈreɪlˌhɛd /

noun

1. a terminal of a railway

2. the farthest point reached by completed track on an unfinished railway

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of railhead

First recorded in 1895–1900; rail ¹ + head

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Example Sentences

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railhead

The German boy from a railhead in Kansas?

From Fox News ● Dec. 3, 2018

“The railhead of all bad decisions is the same railhead: Javanka,” he said, using a nickname that conflates the couple.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2017

In 1946, Karl purchased the La Junta, Colorado, auction market, which was also on a railhead.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2017

Mulholland is the father of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, completed in 1913, that brings in water from 200 miles away and reshaped Los Angeles from a parched railhead into the nation’s second most populous city.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2014

Ras-el-Ain, the present railhead of the Bagdad railway, is seventy miles south.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

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