flangeway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
  2. The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.

Pronunciation

/ˈflændʒ.weɪ/

Word forms

flangeway flangeways

Etymology

From flange + way.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.