English Explanatory Dictionary

stoneblower

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A machine that automatically lifts and packs the sleepers of a railway with small-grade ballast, which is blown under the sleepers to level the track.

Word forms

stoneblower stoneblowers

Etymology

From stone + blower.

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