Meanings
present singular third person overlines · participle present overlining · participle past overlined · past overlined
- not comparablePassing over a railway line.
The total cost of overline bridges in 1965 was £1,506,000 […]
1967, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command, volume 39, page 512 more examples
The greatest number of bridges requiring modification are overline bridges, and many methods are adopted in reconstructing and altering them to give increased clearances.
1958 July 28, “Bridge Reconstruction for L.M.R. Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 465Despite this slight delay, a bad slowing at Borrowash for an overline bridge under construction, and signals outside Derby, we arrived there "on time" by the public book, though 1¾ min. late by the working book.
1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 176Synonyms: overtrack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of overbar.
verbSynonym of overbar.
adjectivePassing over a railway line.
Origin
From over- + line, by analogy with underline.
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