sand drags

A form of sand drag — A pile of sand or earth at the end of a siding or bay platform, intended to stop trains that overrun or pass through trap points set for a siding.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of sand drag
Cite this entry
APA

sand drags. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20drags

MLA

“sand drags.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20drags. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sand drags,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20drags.

Source: sand drags on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.