trainload

[treyn-lohd]

noun

Railroads.

1. the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.

2. a specified minimum number of loaded loaded cars or tons of cargo necessary to secure a special rate trainloadrate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trainload¹

First recorded in 1880–85; train + load

Example Sentences

Höss spends his days overseeing the “processing” of trainloads of people, most sent directly to the gas chambers.

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By the early 1900s, boxes of fruit were shipped by trainloads to destinations east.

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Ukraine's railways have a different gauge to those in the rest of Europe, which means that every trainload of grain has to be transferred from one set of wagons to another at the border.

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Sound Transit told voters in its official campaign season plans their taxes will be reduced after capital projects get finished, but that clause leaves a trainload of wiggle room.

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Instead of touring the country, he campaigned from the front porch of his Ohio farm, attracting trainloads of visitors.

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