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gate boxes

gate boxes is the plural of gate box.

Meaning of gate box

Noun

gate box (plural gate boxes)

  1. (UK) A signal box that controls a level crossing.
    • This 142-year-old tiny ex-LNWR SB [signal box, at Batley] is an amazing survivor, probably owing its longevity to its location alongside a level crossing. Indeed it started life as a gate box with the delightful name of Lady Ann's Crossing.2020 July 1, David Allen, “Signalling from Leeds along the S&C”, in Rail, page 74

Questions about gate boxes

What is gate boxes the plural of?
Gate boxes is the plural of gate box.

Words near gate boxes in the dictionary

  1. Gatcombe
  2. gate
  3. gate array
  4. gate arrays
  5. gate box
  6. gate boxes
  7. Gate City
  8. gate crash
  9. gate crashed
  10. gate crasher
  11. gate crashers

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