|
|
Definition of Detrain
1. Verb. Leave a train.
Definition of Detrain
1. v. i. & t. To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train.
Definition of Detrain
1. Verb. (rail transport intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark ¹
2. Verb. (rail transport transitive) to remove a passenger or passengers from a train; to evacuate passengers from a train. ¹
3. Verb. (context: of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detrain
1. to get off a railroad train [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detrain
Literary usage of Detrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Twenty-ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917-1919 by John Abram Cutchins, George Scott Stewart (1921)
"Upon arrival in the new area, units of the division will detrain and march ...
Should a unit detrain during daylight hours or be caught on the road at dawn, ..."
2. Studies in Minor Tactics, 1915 by Ernest Darius Scott (1918)
"HOLLY SPRINGS has compelled General B to detrain there. The regiment is retiring
towards BIGLERVILLE. 1st Bn. and machine guns, as rear guard, ..."
3. Transportation of Troops and Materiel by Chauncey Brooke Baker (1905)
"If the fatigue details have been told off and assembled before the troops reach
the point of detraining, they will detrain independently under the orders of ..."
4. Field Quartermaster's Handbook: Complete from a Company to a Division by Frank Hall Lawton, J. C. McArthur, Dempsey W. A. (1917)
"Upon arrival the officers and guards leave the cars, after which the commanding
officer gives the order to detrain. Non-commissioned officers being placed ..."
5. Our Second Battalion: The Accurate and Authentic History of the Second by George W. Cooper (1920)
"Just before reaching this point, Captain Dunlap received orders that we would
detrain at a point just east of Paris, where he would receive further orders. ..."
6. Report by Oregon Military Dept, Oregon, Oregon Adjutant-General's Office, Adjutant-General's Office, Military Dept (1911)
"Smith were to detrain at Montavilla and march to Russellville Turn, ... Bowman was
instructed to detrain Companys H and K at the Section Line crossing and ..."
Other Resources:
