2. Noun. the removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the growth of new ones, and to prevent the production of seeds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deadheading
1. deadhead [v] - See also: deadhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadheading
Literary usage of Deadheading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of Decisions Including Dicta Under the Federal Safety Appliance and by Otis Beall Kent (1915)
"deadheading.—Employees deadheading on passenger trains or on freight trains and
not required to perform, and not held responsible for the performance of, ..."
2. Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and by United States Railroad Labor Board (1921)
"Assigned deadheading shall be paid for the same as service. DECISION NO.
11.—DOCKETS 21, 22, AND 23. Chicago, III., October 29, ..."
3. Rates of Pay and Regulations Governing Employes in Train and Yard Service on by Edgar Erastus Clark, Patrick Henry Morrisey, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (1900)
""Trainmen deadheading over the road on company business, etc." Q. Does this rule
mean that freight crews and passenger crews deadheading i passenger trains ..."
4. Shippers and Carriers of Interstate and Intrastate Freight by Edgar Watkins (1920)
"Employees deadheading on passengers trains or on freight trains and not required
to perform, and not held responsible for the performance of, any service or ..."
5. Digest of Decisions of the Courts and Interstate Commerce Commission Under by Edward Beauchamp Peirce (1908)
"Employees deadheading on passenger trains or on freight trains and not required
to perform, and not held responsible for the performance of, any service or ..."
6. Treatises in an Interstate Commerce and Railway Traffic Course by La Salle Extension University (1920)
"Employees deadheading on passenger trains or on freight trains and not required
to perform, and not held responsible for the performance of, any service or ..."
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