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zigzag railways

zigzag railways is the plural of zigzag railway.

Meaning of zigzag railway

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

Questions about zigzag railways

What is zigzag railways the plural of?
Zigzag railways is the plural of zigzag railway.

Words near zigzag railways in the dictionary

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

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