2. Adjective. Fitted with shims ¹
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Definition of Shimmed
1. shim [v] - See also: shim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmed
Literary usage of Shimmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"... or as long as the tie if both rails have to be shimmed. Upon this plank should
be placed shims to bring the rail to the required level, ..."
2. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"Pockets of clay or other soggy earth under the track are a source of heaving
action, and when such places are dug out and filled with All shimmed track, ..."
3. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"The tool is also convenient for removing spike stubs from under the slots in
splice bars and in the bases of switch stands, and at frogs, etc., All shimmed ..."
4. Winter Track Work by Edward Rowland Lewis (1917)
"These high spots must be shimmed. The track usually heaves in spots all ...
High-shimmed track is dangerous, for spikes don't reach far into the tie and ..."
5. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1907)
"plank should first be spiked to the tie by boat- spikes, the plank being about
two feet long, or as long as the tie if both rails have to be shimmed. ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"1o 3-in. plank should first be spiked to the tie by boat spikes, the plauk being
about 2 ft. long, or as long as the tie if both rails have to be shimmed. ..."
7. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"... 3-in. plank should first be spiked to the tie by boat spikes, the plank being
about 2 ft. long, or as long as the tie if both rails have to be shimmed. ..."
8. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"Spiking should he attended to as fast as the shimming is put in, and if a whole
rail length is to be shimmed, the joint, center and quarter ties should ..."
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