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scissors crossover

scissors crossover noun: a superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.

Noun

scissors crossover (plural scissors crossovers)

  1. A superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
    • Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become the down and up roads through the station, which possesses...1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619
    • Included in the new layout are four new scissors crossovers.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Liverpool Street layout remodelled”, in Modern Railways, page 222

scissors crossover meaning in Tamil

scissors crossover in Tamil

கத்தரிக்கோல் சந்தி

Synonyms of scissors crossover

Forms of scissors crossover

pluralscissors crossovers

Questions about scissors crossover

What does scissors crossover mean?
Scissors crossover means a superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
What is scissors crossover in Tamil?
Scissors crossover in Tamil is கத்தரிக்கோல் சந்தி. See Scissors crossover meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scissors crossover?
Scissors crossover is a noun.
What is the plural of scissors crossover?
The plural of scissors crossover is scissors crossovers.

Words near scissors crossover in the dictionary

  1. scissors congruence
  2. scissors crises
  3. scissors crisis
  4. scissors crossing
  5. scissors crossings
  6. scissors crossover
  7. scissors crossovers
  8. scissors kick
  9. scissors kicks
  10. scissors paper rock
  11. scissors paper stone

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