"loopline" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looplines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "loopline (plural looplines)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "loop line"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1882, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, volume 1, page 237",
          "text": "[…] with the necessary looplines to avoid the broad gauge points at the intermediate stations, with a view to the direct transit of goods traffic along the Northern Railway and its extensions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, R. Yin-Wang Kwok, The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link: Partnership in Flux",
          "text": "In settling the 1925–26 General Strike-Boycott, the British offered a $ 10 million loan to develop Whampoa Port, conditional upon the chief engineer and accountant being British, and upon the construction of the loopline.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Bhagawati Sharan Singh, Aspects of Industries in Bihar During the 19th Century, page 37",
          "text": "Between Raniganj railroad and the Rajmahal loopline a number of coal mines existed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 25, Emma Gill, “The best family parks and walks in Salford”, in Manchester Evening News",
          "text": "It might be hidden away but it actually covers 30 hectres in all and can be reached from Salford's network of looplines or the historical Bridgewater Canal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of loop line"
      ],
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        [
          "rail transport",
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        [
          "loop line",
          "loop line#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) Alternative form of loop line"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "loop line"
        }
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loopline"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looplines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "loopline (plural looplines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "loop line"
        }
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        "en:Rail transportation"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1882, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, volume 1, page 237",
          "text": "[…] with the necessary looplines to avoid the broad gauge points at the intermediate stations, with a view to the direct transit of goods traffic along the Northern Railway and its extensions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, R. Yin-Wang Kwok, The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link: Partnership in Flux",
          "text": "In settling the 1925–26 General Strike-Boycott, the British offered a $ 10 million loan to develop Whampoa Port, conditional upon the chief engineer and accountant being British, and upon the construction of the loopline.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Bhagawati Sharan Singh, Aspects of Industries in Bihar During the 19th Century, page 37",
          "text": "Between Raniganj railroad and the Rajmahal loopline a number of coal mines existed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 25, Emma Gill, “The best family parks and walks in Salford”, in Manchester Evening News",
          "text": "It might be hidden away but it actually covers 30 hectres in all and can be reached from Salford's network of looplines or the historical Bridgewater Canal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of loop line"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
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          "loop line",
          "loop line#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) Alternative form of loop line"
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
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      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "loop line"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loopline"
}