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check-rail

check-rail is the alternative spelling of check rail.

Meaning of check rail

Noun

check rail (plural check rails)

  1. A rail laid parallel to a running rail to guide wheels through points, rail crossings, and round curves, to reduce wear and the risk of derailments such as those due to flange climb.
    • I think it of great importance that the whole of this portion of the Brecon and Mertyr Railway, which originally was an old mineral line (the old Rumney), should be carefully examined by the Company's engineer, to ascertain if there are any other curves of 10 or 12 chains radius or less on the...1869, Colonel W. Yolland, “Brecon and Merythr Railway”, in Accounts and Papers volume 21 Railways; Turnpikes; Highways; Harbours, &c., Session 10 December 1868 — 11 August 1869, Volume LIV., House of...
    Synonyms:
    guard rail

Forms of check-rail

pluralcheck-rails

Questions about check-rail

What is check-rail the alternative spelling of?
Check-rail is the alternative spelling of check rail.

Words near check-rail in the dictionary

  1. check-ins
  2. check-out
  3. check-out time
  4. check-out times
  5. check-outs
  6. check-rail
  7. check-rails
  8. check-raise
  9. check-raised
  10. check-raises
  11. check-raising

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