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marshalling, vbl. n.|ˈmɑːʃəlɪŋ|
[f. marshal v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb marshal. Also attrib., esp. in marshalling yard, a railway yard in which goods trains are assembled and distributed.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1165 Thus may ye devise youre marshallynge,..to þe honoure and worshippe of youre souereyn euery where. 1591Percival Sp. Dict. F iv, The marshalling of the letters in the alphabet. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 39 (Knowls) If I be not a little mistaken in their names and martialling. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 105 The marshalling of coat-armour..is now greatly disregarded. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. xxviii, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms! 1877Black Green Past. xxvi, The marshalling of the innumerable hosts of heaven. 1889G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway xi. 172 At certain important places throughout the country..schemes of marshalling sidings of elaborate construction and great extent have been laid down. 1906Railway Mag. XVIII. 180/1 On one side of the line is seen the recently constructed sorting and marshalling yard. 1940Times 25 Sept. 4/1 One of the aircraft which bombed a marshalling yard only a few miles from the heart of Berlin. 1955Times 12 July 3/4 He had just heard from the commission that they had approved new works at Perth, including the construction of a fully mechanized hump marshalling yard. 1967G. F. Fiennes I tried to run a Railway v. 56, I started to draw a double direction marshalling yard. |