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Railroad tie   /rˈeɪlrˌoʊd taɪ/   Listen
Railroad tie

noun
1.
One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.  Synonyms: crosstie, sleeper, tie.






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"Railroad tie" Quotes from Famous Books



... importance. He knew intimately the topography of the fields beside the track; in which corner of Tubbs's pasture, between the track and the lake, the scraggly wild clover grew, and down what part of the gravel-bank it was most exciting to roll. As far along the track as the Arch, each railroad tie (or sleeper) had for him a personality: the fat, white tie, which oozed at the end into an awkward knob, he had always hated because it resembled a flattened grub; a new tamarack tie with a sliver of fresh bark ...
— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... your program,' says Paisley, chewing up a piece of a railroad tie. 'I'd give in to you,' says he, 'in 'most any respect if it was secular affairs, but this is not so. The smiles of woman,' goes on Paisley, 'is the whirlpool of Squills and Chalybeates, into which vortex the good ship Friendship is often drawn ...
— Heart of the West • O. Henry



Words linked to "Railroad tie" :   railroad track, crosstie, tie, sleeper, railroad, brace, bracing, railway



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