Word.ws English Dictionary

catchpoints

catchpoints is the alternative form of catch points.

Meaning of catch points

Noun

catch points (plural catch points)

  1. (UK) A set of points provided to derail rail vehicles out of control on a steep gradient.
    • Many freights were not fully braked, and catch points were provided on steep gradients to derail runaway wagons. The points cost money to maintain and were a hassle when wrong-line working was needed. With the Settle-Carlisle Line available as an alternative, all catch points were removed over...2020 April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 63

Forms of catchpoints

pluralcatchpoints

Questions about catchpoints

What is catchpoints the alternative form of?
Catchpoints is the alternative form of catch points.

Words near catchpoints in the dictionary

  1. catchphrases
  2. catchpit
  3. catchpits
  4. catchplate
  5. catchplates
  6. catchpoints
  7. catchpole
  8. catchpoles
  9. catchpoll
  10. catchpolls
  11. catchrope

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: catchpoints (page history and authors); catch points (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “catchpoints.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/catchpoints. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.