单词 | cross-sleeper |
释义 | > as lemmascross-sleeper cross-sleeper n. a sleeper laid transversely across a tramway or railway track as a support for the rails; also as adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails > sleeper cross-tie1813 sleeper1837 longitudinal1838 transom1838 cross-sleeper1841 railroad tie1847 stringer1848 tie1857 pot sleeper1869 waybeam1880 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 255/1 The use of cross-sleepers..needs little remark. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 506/2 The rail was spiked through to a longitudinal timber laid on cross sleepers. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 4/3 We have what we call upon certain sections the cross-sleeper road. < as lemmas |
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