Meanings
plural overhead lines
- A wire or cable, suspended between poles or by a catenary, used to provide trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity.
The outage happened at 5.25pm between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations, after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity pole, meeting its demise as it attempted to slither along the overhead line. Power was not restored until after 7pm.
2025 May 1, Gavin Blair, “Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: overhead power line
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wire or cable, suspended between poles or by a catenary, used to provide trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity.
Translations
Catalan catenària
- catenàriaTranslations
French caténaire
- caténaireTranslations
German Oberleitung
- OberleitungTranslations
Cite this entry
overhead line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhead%20line
“overhead line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhead%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhead line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhead%20line.
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