groundframe

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A form of ground frame — A lever frame controlling the operation of points and/or signals which is installed at ground level.

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Meanings

noungroundframe (plural groundframes)

plural groundframes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ground frame.

    There is a loop line and a siding, and a groundframe can be seen on the approximate site of the signalbox.

    1953 April, Colin G. Maggs, “The Hallatrow-Limpley Stoke Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 269

Origin

From ground + frame.

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APA

groundframe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundframe

MLA

“groundframe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundframe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groundframe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundframe.

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