spur track
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spur track — n. a short track connected with the main track of a railroad … English World dictionary
spur track — noun a railway line connected to a trunk line • Syn: ↑branch line, ↑spur • Hypernyms: ↑line, ↑railway line, ↑rail line • Hyponyms: ↑loop line * * * … Useful english dictionary
spur track — A short railroad track leading from a line of railway and connected with it at one end only. 44 Am J1st R R § 231. A railroad track running off a main line, usually to a mine or an industry. A connection with some railroad affording communication … Ballentine's law dictionary
spur track — branch of a railroad track … English contemporary dictionary
spur line — spur line, = spur track. (Cf. ↑spur track) … Useful english dictionary
spur — [spʉr] n. [ME spure < OE spura, akin to Ger sporn < IE base * sp(h)er , to jerk, push with the foot > SPURN, Sans sphurāti, (he) kicks away, L spernere, lit., to push away] 1. any of various pointed devices worn on the heel by the rider… … English World dictionary
spur — spur1 spurless, adj. spurlike, adj. spurrer, n. /sperr/, n., v., spurred, spurring. n. 1. a U shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to … Universalium
spur — See spurs; spur track … Ballentine's law dictionary
Track — 〈[ træ̣k] m. 6〉 1. Zugelement, z. B. Kette, Riementrieb od. Seil bei Maschinen 2. Reiseroute eines Schiffes 3. 〈Mus.〉 Titel, Stück (auf einer CD); →a. Soundtrack 4. 〈EDV〉 Spur [engl., „Spur, Weg, Fährte“] * * * Track [trɛk ], der; s, s [engl.… … Universal-Lexikon
Spur — Spur, n. [OE. spure, spore, AS. spura, spora; akin to D. spoor, G. sporn, OHG. sporo, Icel. spori, Dan. spore, Sw. sporre, and to AS. spor a trace, footstep, spyrian to trace, track, examine, and E. spurn. [root]171. Cf. {Sparrow}, {Spere},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
