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horseshoe curves

horseshoe curves is the plural of horseshoe curve.

Meaning of horseshoe curve

Noun

horseshoe curve (plural horseshoe curves)

  1. A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.
    • It only remains to notice briefly the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, which for a few miles pursues its tortuous and picturesque course along the valley of the Taf, thence rising by very severe gradients to Crymmych Arms, near to which station is a striking horse-shoe curve.1939 September, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 202

Questions about horseshoe curves

What is horseshoe curves the plural of?
Horseshoe curves is the plural of horseshoe curve.

Words near horseshoe curves in the dictionary

  1. horseshoe conditionals
  2. horseshoe crab
  3. horseshoe crabs
  4. Horseshoe Creek
  5. horseshoe curve
  6. horseshoe curves
  7. Horseshoe Falls
  8. horseshoe fern
  9. horseshoe ferns
  10. horseshoe geranium
  11. horseshoe geraniums

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