railbank
railbank noun: an embankment adjacent to a railroad track.
Noun
railbank (plural railbanks)
- An embankment adjacent to a railroad track.
- This 200-mile long stretch of railbank property has four encampments of the Lewis and Clark expedition.1990, United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies, Department of the Interior and related agencies appropriations for...
Verb
railbank (third-person singular simple present railbanks, present participle railbanking, simple past and past participle railbanked)
- To hold a disused railroad right of way in reserve, saving it for future repurposing or sale; this may include converting it into a rail trail for public use either in the meantime or in perpetuity.
- [T]he municipal government moved ahead with plans to railbank the 5-mile segment between Astoria and Tongue Point under the guidelines of the National Trail Systems Act.2004, Joseph P. Schwieterman, When the Railroad Leaves Town, page 223
Forms of railbank
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | railbanks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | railbanks |
| present participle | railbanking |
| past participle | railbanked |
| past | railbanked |
Origin of railbank
From rail + bank.
Questions about railbank
- What does railbank mean?
- Railbank means an embankment adjacent to a railroad track.
- What part of speech is railbank?
- Railbank can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of railbank?
- The plural of railbank is railbanks.
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