reverse curve

American  

noun

1. an S -shaped curve, as on highways and railroad tracks, produced by the joining of two curves that turn in opposite directions.

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reverse curve

Then there was a curve which took him across the line again to Talpers's, after which a reverse curve swept back into the Indians' domain.

From Mystery Ranch by Arthur Chapman

And rip, whrrr! as they slammed around a double reverse curve with a vicious swing that made the bolts rattle in the last car.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

He plunged, rolled, launched himself forward and back, up and down, out and in, bending himself nearly double, then with lightning rapidity throwing himself far into the reverse curve.

From "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea by Morgan Robertson

Passenger train 41 derailed near Venice while running around a reverse curve fifty miles an hour.

From Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention by R. C. Richards

A woman I know was putting one of her babies to bed in lower 2, when we wiggled through a reverse curve that was like shooting White Horse Rapids in a Peterboro.

From The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories by Cy Warman