detector bar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train, laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until the entire train has passed the switch.

Word forms

detector bar detector bars
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