单词 | passing place |
释义 | passing placen. A place where people or things may pass or pass across each other; spec. (a) a ford; (b) a railway siding; (c) a widened section on a narrow or single track road. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place passing placea1540 going-over1650 fordage1728 passing1825 fording1833 wagon-drift1850 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > passing place passing placea1540 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > siding siding1825 sideling1828 sidetrack1828 sideline1831 passing place1841 shunt line1904 lay-by1906 a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 56 Than Alexander to thame vauld fane haue past, Bot þai micht find na furde na passing place. 1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War ii. 84 Maj. Church..ask'd the French men where their passing Place was? 1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VI. at Canal Crossing rails are used at every passing-place or point where waggons are to pass out of one track of rails into another. 1826 Act 7 Geo. IV c. 49 §38 Passing-places or turn-outs, for the purpose of enabling waggons, carts, and other carriages drawn along the said railway or tram road to pass each other. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 257/2 The manner in which switches are applied at passing-places and crossings. 1906 Science 20 July 77/2 The one hundred and fifty feet bottom width of the sea-level plan exceeds the width of even the turning out or passing places in the Suez Canal. 1973 G. Moffat Lady with Cool Eye vii. 74 A narrow tarred track..only wide enough for one vehicle. At intervals there were passing-places. 1992 Economist 22 Aug. 21/3 The track would..need passing places to make sure high-speed international trains were not caught behind the 08.16 from Maidstone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1540 |
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