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trailable

trailable adjective: of a system of points: arranged so that the train may run through them in a trailing direction, even if it is not set for that route.

Adjective

trailable (not comparable)

  1. Of a system of points: arranged so that the train may run through them in a trailing direction, even if it is not set for that route.

Origin of trailable

From trail + -able.

Questions about trailable

What does trailable mean?
Trailable means of a system of points: arranged so that the train may run through them in a trailing direction, even if it is not set for that route.
What part of speech is trailable?
Trailable is an adjective.

Words near trailable in the dictionary

  1. trail off
  2. trail ridge scrub grasshopper
  3. trail ridge scrub grasshoppers
  4. trail rope
  5. trail-blazing
  6. trailable
  7. trailbaston
  8. trailbastons
  9. trailblaze
  10. trailblazed
  11. trailblazer

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