spur track

noun

, Railroads.

1. a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spur track¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

After doing something to the switch of the unused spur track, the four men separated.

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We had followed the spur track up the gulch for maybe a short quarter of a mile when we came to the engine.

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Nobody ever kicked up such a rumpus about a spur track before.

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They were given to understand that there would be no opposition to the spur track going down.

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As she spoke the Rosemary stopped with a jerk and McGrath's fireman darted past to set the spur-track switch.

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