stopblock en · NOUN
Etymology
From stop + block.
Meanings
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(US, especially) An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.
[...] we were losing speed for the descent into King's Cross Platform 8, where a large crowd had gathered. For the last time, an HST braked gently and smoothly to a stand at the stopblock, and it was all over.
2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 34:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stopblocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |