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crossrail en · NOUN

Etymology

From cross- + rail.

Meanings

1. A rail that goes across something.
   • After you have done caveletti for a little bit you should go into small crossrails about 1 foot high. 2006, Carol Jenkins, Once Upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction, page 74:
   • The stroke of the planer is remarkably uniform, the reverse taking place at the same the same screws which carry the crossrail. 1905 March 2, The Iron Trade Review, volume 38, page 70:
2. (UK) A commuter rail line that crosses a major city through a tunnel and which continues for a significant distance into the surrounding areas, generally with relatively high speeds and widely spaced stations compared to an underground or metro.
   • The proposal to build a second Crossrail line would create a new high-frequency, high-capacity rail line running south west to north east across London. 2013 June 27, Great Britain: H.M. Treasury, Investing in Britain's future, Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 25:
   • We need to change the name of the Manchester Hub. Crossrail for the north of England is a better term, otherwise people will view it as a Greater Manchester project and will miss out on exactly what it is actually going to do. 2010 February 15, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, quoting Professor Begg, Priorities for investment in the railways: third report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 7:
   • A crossrail link to Aberdeen and Stonehaven is planned. 2004, Bernard Ingham, Gerry Hassan, The Political Guide to Modern Scotland: People, Places and Power, Politico's Publishing:

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