nerve centre

Noun

nerve centre (plural nerve centres)

1. (Canada, UK) Standard spelling of nerve center.
   • The Duke intended to make Brora the nerve centre of the railway, and built a large engineering works near the station in which he planned to manufacture everything from nuts and bolts to locomotives.1960 January, Iain D. O. Frew, “The Brora Colliery Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56
   • Its value is likely to be fully realised when it is transferred to Dijon; there, no doubt, the control of the Mouchard-Frasne section will be possible without any addition to the staff already commanding movements at this nerve centre of the S.N.C.F. South-East Region.1960 April, “Automatic single-line signalling on the S.N.C.F”, in Trains Illustrated, page 214