"iron road" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iron roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} iron road (plural iron roads)
  1. (historical, archaic) A railway. Tags: archaic, historical Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-iron_road-en-noun-RGzAxWiB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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