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zigzag railway

zigzag railway noun: a formerly common type of railway with multiple switchbacks to allow ascent and descent on steep slopes.

Noun

zigzag railway (plural zigzag railways)

  1. A formerly common type of railway with multiple switchbacks to allow ascent and descent on steep slopes.
    • The temple, halfway up the Matheran hills, was approached by a 'puffing billy' train on a zigzag railway from Neral, two miles from Bombay.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 148

Forms of zigzag railway

pluralzigzag railways

Questions about zigzag railway

What does zigzag railway mean?
Zigzag railway means a formerly common type of railway with multiple switchbacks to allow ascent and descent on steep slopes.
What part of speech is zigzag railway?
Zigzag railway is a noun.
What is the plural of zigzag railway?
The plural of zigzag railway is zigzag railways.

Words near zigzag railway in the dictionary

  1. Zigula
  2. zigurat
  3. zigurats
  4. zigzag
  5. zigzag clover
  6. zigzag railway
  7. zigzag railways
  8. zigzag salamander
  9. zigzag salamanders
  10. zigzagged
  11. zigzaggedly

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