lineside
lineside adjective: alongside a railway line.
Adjective
lineside (not comparable)
- Alongside a railway line.
- lineside signalling
- Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution".1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226
- Synonyms:
- trackside
Noun
lineside (plural linesides)
- The area that borders a railway line.
- My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places...2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68
- Synonyms:
- trackside
Examples of lineside in a sentence
- But today, with more lineside furniture and infrastructure, the potential for problems to arise is greater.
- Recent freight accidents have already identified the lack of lineside technology to detect non-rotating wheels.
- This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid.
Synonyms of lineside
Forms of lineside
| plural | linesides |
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Origin of lineside
From line + -side.
Questions about lineside
- What does lineside mean?
- Lineside means alongside a railway line.
- What part of speech is lineside?
- Lineside can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near lineside in the dictionary
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