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crossing
UK/ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/UK, dated/ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/US/ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/US, cot caught merger, dialectal/ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/
noun
What it means
- countableuncountableCross-breeding.
- countableuncountableOpposition; thwarting.
- countableuncountableAn intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.
2019 October, “Newark crossing renewed”, in Modern Railways, page 23
In a sentence
The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.
2019 October, “Newark crossing renewed”, in Modern Railways, page 23
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