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branchline

branchline is the rare spelling of branch line.

Meaning of branch line

Noun

branch line (plural branch lines)

  1. A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.
    • But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines.1987, William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme Court
  2. A non-through line which joins a mainline (or another branch or secondary line) and ends at a terminus.
    • This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of...1954 August, H. M. Madgwick, “The Blaenau Festiniog Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 569

Forms of branchline

pluralbranchlines

Questions about branchline

What is branchline the rare spelling of?
Branchline is the rare spelling of branch line.

Words near branchline in the dictionary

  1. branchlet
  2. branchleted
  3. branchlets
  4. branchletted
  5. branchlike
  6. branchline
  7. branchlines
  8. branchling
  9. branchlings
  10. branchpoint
  11. branchpoints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: branchline (page history and authors); branch line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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