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plateway

plateway noun: an early form of railway using L-shaped iron rails.

Noun

plateway (plural plateways)

  1. An early form of railway using L-shaped iron rails.
    • The late Mr. Clement E. Stretton wrote that it was decided in 1785 to lay a plateway "from the dock at Loughborough to Nanpanton, a distance of three miles, but this system of plateway had to be abandoned, as the Road Commissioners would not allow a ledge to project upwards in their road."1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 3

Forms of plateway

pluralplateways

Origin of plateway

From plate + way.

Questions about plateway

What does plateway mean?
Plateway means an early form of railway using L-shaped iron rails.
What part of speech is plateway?
Plateway is a noun.
What is the plural of plateway?
The plural of plateway is plateways.

Words near plateway in the dictionary

  1. platesful
  2. plateskirt
  3. plateskirts
  4. platetrope
  5. plateware
  6. plateway
  7. plateways
  8. platewise
  9. platework
  10. plateworker
  11. plateworkers

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