"rail-track" meaning in All languages combined

See rail-track on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: rail-tracks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rail-track (plural rail-tracks)
  1. Archaic form of rail track. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: rail track
    Sense id: en-rail-track-en-noun-DEdh5mFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1886 May 23, T[homas] De Witt Talmage, “[Tabernacle Pulpit: A Monthly Report of the Sermons Delivered by Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D.D., from the Pulpit of the Brooklyn Tabernacle.] Duties of Employers to Employees. […]”, in The Brooklyn Magazine, page 54:",
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