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signal box

noun

, British.
  1. a railway signal tower.


signal box

noun

  1. a building containing manually operated signal levers for all the railway lines in its section
  2. a control point for a large area of a railway system, operated electrically and semiautomatically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of signal box1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences

"Enough of them," replied the commander, as he drew forth from a signal-box the flags required.

The ruined building is the signal box itself, protected by the line of sandbags in front of telegraph poles and shelled trees.

The man who had rung the signal-box yelled something at him, but he already knew.

The engraving accompanying this chapter shows the appearance and mechanism of the signal box.

There was a signal box at each end of the tunnel, and a fair traffic, and fast trains passed.

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