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tracklaying en · NOUN

Etymology

From track + laying.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The work that involves putting the track in place.
    • Bottom ballasting paved the way for the start of tracklaying in March and this £250,000 contract was scheduled for completion in 48 weeks. 1961 July, K. D. Peel, “Carlisle-Border Freight Centre: 2.- The new automated yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 400:
    • The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods. 1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587: