"backshunt" meaning in All languages combined

See backshunt on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: backshunts [plural]
Etymology: From back + shunt. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|shunt}} back + shunt Head templates: {{en-noun}} backshunt (plural backshunts)
  1. (rail transport, UK) A section of railway track which gives access to a siding (or another section of railway line) only by reversing direction; also a train movement which uses such track. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rail transportation

Inflected forms

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