"plain line" meaning in English

See plain line in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: plain lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plain line (plural plain lines)
  1. (rail transport) a stretch of railway track that does not have any junctions, crossovers or points on it. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-plain_line-en-noun-CeiRLZss Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Verb

Forms: plain lines [present, singular, third-person], plain lining [participle, present], plain lined [participle, past], plain lined [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} plain line (third-person singular simple present plain lines, present participle plain lining, simple past and past participle plain lined)
  1. (rail transport) to remove points and crossovers from a stretch of track. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-plain_line-en-verb-srzBqdpZ Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for plain line meaning in English (2.2kB)

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