railjoint

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A form of rail joint — A join between two rails in a railway track placed end to end; the rails are joined by fishplates where joints are not welded.

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Meanings

nounrailjoint (plural railjoints)

plural railjoints

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rail joint.

    Apart from a vague rushing noise outside the windows and the very muffled beat of the wheels on railjoints, one might have been sitting in an intimate private lounge in a four-star hotel.

    1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141

Origin

From rail + joint.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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