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trip working

trip working noun: the operation of short-distance freight trains, e.g. between goods yards.

Noun

trip working (countable and uncountable, plural trip workings)

  1. (UK, uncountable) The operation of short-distance freight trains, e.g. between goods yards.
    • The provision of the new yard permitted closure of four existing installations, between which there was a great deal of trip working.1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 267
  2. (countable) A freight train involved in such operation.

Forms of trip working

pluraltrip workings

Questions about trip working

What does trip working mean?
Trip working means the operation of short-distance freight trains, e.g. between goods yards.
What part of speech is trip working?
Trip working is a noun.
What is the plural of trip working?
The plural of trip working is trip workings.

Words near trip working in the dictionary

  1. trip trapping
  2. trip traps
  3. trip up
  4. trip wire
  5. trip wires
  6. trip working
  7. trip workings
  8. trip-hammer
  9. trip-hammers
  10. trip-hop
  11. trip-sit

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