road-railer
road-railer noun: a road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.
Noun
road-railer (plural road-railers)
- A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.
- "I had to stand by for half an hour, which is a long time when you're dealing with an incident, until we could get a road-railer up to decant the passengers, get them to the nearest access point and into taxis, so we could deal with the incident.2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40
- Synonyms:
- road-rail vehicle, RRV, hi-rail
Synonyms of road-railer
Forms of road-railer
| plural | road-railers |
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Origin of road-railer
From road-rail + -er.
Questions about road-railer
- What does road-railer mean?
- Road-railer means a road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.
- What part of speech is road-railer?
- Road-railer is a noun.
- What is the plural of road-railer?
- The plural of road-railer is road-railers.
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