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rail·head (rāl′hed′)

noun

  1. the farthest point to which rails have been laid in a railroad
  2. Mil. the point on a railroad at which supplies are unloaded and distributed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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