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rail spike en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A type of large nail with an offset head used to fasten a rail or base plate to a wooden railroad tie/sleeper.
   • The company use on the outside of both rails, on all sharp curves, a cast iron brace nearly the same height as the rail, and secured to tie with three rail spikes. 1887, Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, page 147:

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Synonyms

railroad spike

Translations (3)

ja 犬釘 (a large nail used to fasten a rail base plate to a tie/sleeper) · ru косты́ль (a large nail used to fasten a rail base plate to a tie/sleeper) · es clavo de ferrocarril (a large nail used to fasten a rail base plate to a tie/sleeper)