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hump yards

hump yards is the plural of hump yard.

Meaning of hump yard

Noun

hump yard (plural hump yards)

  1. a classification yard or marshalling yard which has a hump over which trains are shunted, the vehicles then running on their own by gravity into various sidings.
    • New works in hand at and near Basle include a mechanised hump yard at Muttenz for outwards international freight to relieve Basle Wolf yard, which has been handling such traffic, [...].1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland”, in Modern Railways, page 62

Questions about hump yards

What is hump yards the plural of?
Hump yards is the plural of hump yard.

Words near hump yards in the dictionary

  1. hump it
  2. hump slug
  3. hump slugs
  4. hump someone's brains out
  5. hump yard
  6. hump yards
  7. hump-backed
  8. hump-nosed
  9. humpa humpa
  10. humpability
  11. humpable

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