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passing loops

passing loops is the plural of passing loop.

Meaning of passing loop

Noun

passing loop (plural passing loops)

  1. On a single-track railway or tramway, an extra track provided at a certain place to allow two trains travelling in opposite directions to pass each other. It can also allow a faster train to overtake a slower one.
    • From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243
    Synonyms:
    crossing loop

Questions about passing loops

What is passing loops the plural of?
Passing loops is the plural of passing loop.

Words near passing loops in the dictionary

  1. passing in one's checks
  2. passing judgment
  3. passing lane
  4. passing lanes
  5. passing loop
  6. passing loops
  7. passing motion
  8. passing muster
  9. passing note
  10. passing notes
  11. passing of time

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