"cross-tie" meaning in English

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      "form": "cross-ties",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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              74,
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          "ref": "1954 November, Robert F. Legget, “The Mount Washington Cog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 790:",
          "text": "The track consists of relatively light running rails spiked and bolted to cross-ties, with a central steel rack securely bolted to the ties by steel angles.",
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        "A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place."
      ],
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          "sleeper",
          "sleeper"
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          "rail",
          "rail"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "cross-tie"
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      ],
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        "(rail transport) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place."
      ],
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        "transport"
      ]
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