railhead

[ reyl-hed ]

/ ˈreɪlˌhɛd /

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noun Railroads.

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

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

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

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Origin of railhead

First recorded in 1895–1900; rail¹ + head

Words nearby railhead

railcard, rail detector car, rail fence, rail gauge, rail gun, railhead, railing, raillery, rail rage, rail rapid transit, railroad

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How to use railhead in a sentence

Nevertheless, with Railhead still many miles away, they began to become accustomed to the coming and going of strangers.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
He told them that at Railhead were many bad pip-ple, who swore, and drank a great deal more than was good for them.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
At El Maadan an important railhead was being constructed for the storage of water, which was kept in large and small canvas tanks.
The Seventh Manchesters|S. J. Wilson
Having been on a quiet front for several months the men were not used to the whir of a busy railhead.
The Story of the "9th King's" in France|Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

The Canadian troops had had a very arduous pursuit and the railhead for supplies and ammunition was still very far to the rear.
The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII)|various

British Dictionary definitions for railhead

railhead

/ (ˈreɪlˌhɛd) /

noun

a terminal of a railway

the farthest point reached by completed track on an unfinished railway

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

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

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