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somersault signal

somersault signal noun: a semaphore railway signal that is pivoted in the centre of its arm.

somersault signal: a semaphore railway signal that is pivoted in the centre of its arm
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Noun

somersault signal (plural somersault signals)

  1. A semaphore railway signal that is pivoted in the centre of its arm.
    • Realising their shortcomings, BR stripped out most of the smaller wayside stations between Peterborough and Grimsby on September 11 1961, although not those on the branches because there would have been nothing left to sustain them. Those that survived were working museums right to the end, with...2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, pages 58–59

Forms of somersault signal

pluralsomersault signals

Questions about somersault signal

What does somersault signal mean?
Somersault signal means a semaphore railway signal that is pivoted in the centre of its arm.
What part of speech is somersault signal?
Somersault signal is a noun.
What is the plural of somersault signal?
The plural of somersault signal is somersault signals.

Words near somersault signal in the dictionary

  1. somers
  2. Somers Islands
  3. Somers Isles
  4. Somers Town
  5. somersault
  6. somersault signal
  7. somersault signals
  8. somersaulted
  9. somersaulter
  10. somersaulters
  11. somersaulting

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