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Definition of Northbound
1. Adjective. Moving toward the north. "The northward flow of traffic"
Definition of Northbound
1. Adjective. Heading or moving in a northerly direction. ¹
2. Adverb. Towards the north. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Northbound
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northbound
Literary usage of Northbound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Splendid Wayfaring: The Story of the Exploits and Adventures of Jedediah by John Gneisenau Neihardt (1920)
"... Ill northbound WITH THE ROBINS IT was on the 10th of March, 1823, that General
Ashley started again for the Upper Missouri with a hundred men and two ..."
2. Passenger Transportation Service in the City of New York: A Report to the by Merchants' Association of New York, Committee on engineering and sanitation (1903)
"These begin to return and to increase the northbound service between -1 and 5 p.
it., and the northbound service reaches its maximum between 6 and 7 PM, ..."
3. Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act by Herbert Confield Lust (1914)
"On this point defendant submitted evidence showing that subsequent to 1906 the
percentage of northbound empty cars was much greater than that of southbound ..."
4. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1904)
"Near Shelburne, on January 2nd, 1903, a wild engine collided with a northbound
passenger train and five deaths resulted. The engineer of the wild engine ..."
5. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough (1918)
"The lower cities took their tribute of the northbound cattle for quite a time.
Wichita, Coffeyville, and other towns of lower Kansas in turn made bids for ..."
6. Railroad Valuation and Rates by Mark Wymond (1916)
"As the northbound tonnage exceeded the southbound, the northbound grade was ...
The northbound grade was 0.3%. The new line reduced the distance 1.6 miles ..."
7. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough (1918)
"The lower cities took their tribute of the northbound cattle for quite a time.
Wichita, Coffeyville, and other towns of lower Kansas in turn made bids for ..."
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