Railhead meaning

rāl'hĕd'
The farthest point on a railroad to which rails have been laid.
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A place on a railroad where military supplies are unloaded.
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The farthest point to which rails have been laid in a railroad.
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The point on a railroad at which supplies are unloaded and distributed.
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A point on a railway system where goods are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
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(US) The furthest point on a railroad under construction to which rails have been laid.
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(military) An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and material.
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Railhead Sentence Examples

  • Three ferries plied incessantly between Richborough and Calais and Dunkirk, connecting railhead in England with railhead in France.

  • Tramways and "feeder roads" have been built to connect various places with the railway; one such road goes from railhead to Kailahun in Liberia.

  • The vilayet is now traversed by the Anatolian railway, and contains the railhead of the Ottoman line from Smyrna.

  • within 72 hours, including the march back to railhead immediately after the action.

  • hauled wagons from the supply railhead at Tongham.

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