fishplated

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A form of fishplate — A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fishplate

    About 11 miles of double track had been relaid subsequently with fishplated joints and sleepers, at centres varying from 2 ft. to 2 ft. 10 in.; and 5,000 new sleepers had been inserted by the normal maintenance gangs.

    1946 July and August, “The Royston Accident, G.N.R., July 3, 1866”, in Railway Magazine, page 219
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