railborne

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adjective

Carried by train, transported by rail.

OriginEnglish rail ← Middle English rail ← Old French reille →
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Meanings

adjectiverailborne (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerail transportCarried by train, transported by rail.

    In 1962, 34m tons of coal were railborne to CEGB power stations in England and Wales.

    1964 March, “Power station coal by rail - the BR-CEGB agreement”, in Modern Railways, page 179

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*regulu
  2. Old Englishregol
  3. Latinrēgula
  4. Old Frenchreille
  5. Middle Englishrail
  6. Englishrail
  7. Englishrailborne

From rail + -borne.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“railborne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railborne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railborne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railborne.

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