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Definition of Switchyard
1. Noun. Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Switchyard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Switchyard
Literary usage of Switchyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"... such defect is immaterial, since the petition elsewhere unequivocally charges
that the watchman knew of the plaintiffs presence In the switchyard and of ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1913)
"This exception to the rule is based by the Georgia courts upon the ground that
the continuous use of the tracks in a switchyard for switching purposes and ..."
3. The Kentucky Law Reporter by Kentucky Court of Appeals (1905)
"Within thirty or forty minutes after the drunken passenger left the car he was
found by the yardmaster, Savage, asleep in the switchyard between tracks Nos. ..."
4. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2003)
"There it is accelerated to 800 MeV and directed into the beam switchyard.
The switchyard bends the beam either north to the Line-X experimental areas or ..."
5. Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on the Health Effects of Electric and by Philip J. Bierbaum (1994)
"In 1983, Nordstrom (46) reported that the children's sex ratio male / female in
3 groups of utility workers was as follows: switchyard workers 0.92 (67/73), ..."
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