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railborne

railborne adjective: carried by train, transported by rail.

Adjective

railborne (not comparable)

  1. Carried by train, transported by rail.
    • In 1962, 34m tons of coal were railborne to CEGB power stations in England and Wales.1964 March, “Power station coal by rail - the BR-CEGB agreement”, in Modern Railways, page 179

Origin of railborne

From rail + borne.

Questions about railborne

What does railborne mean?
Railborne means carried by train, transported by rail.
What part of speech is railborne?
Railborne is an adjective.

Words near railborne in the dictionary

  1. railbeds
  2. railbike
  3. railbikes
  4. railbird
  5. railbirds
  6. railborne
  7. railbound
  8. railbridge
  9. railbridges
  10. railbuff
  11. railbuffs

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