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headcodes

headcodes is the plural of headcode.

Meaning of headcode

Noun

headcode (plural headcodes)

  1. (UK) A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
    • Another appendix elucidates the S.E.C.R. headcode system.1961 July, “New reading on railways: The Locomotives of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, by D. L. Bradley”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii

Questions about headcodes

What is headcodes the plural of?
Headcodes is the plural of headcode.

Words near headcodes in the dictionary

  1. headcloth
  2. headcloths
  3. headcoach
  4. headcoaches
  5. headcode
  6. headcodes
  7. headcoil
  8. headcoils
  9. headcollar
  10. headcollars
  11. Headcorn

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