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Definition of Railhead
1. Noun. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
2. Noun. The end of the completed track on an unfinished railway.
Definition of Railhead
1. Noun. A point on a railway system where goods are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) The furthest point on a railroad under construction to which rails have been laid. ¹
3. Noun. (military) An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and material. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Railhead
1. the end of a railroad line [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railhead
Literary usage of Railhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the 90th Divisionby George Wythe by George Wythe (1920)
"Typical railhead scene in the front line companies form a chain which may be
designated as the "system of supply." Nor is the history of the organizations ..."
2. South Africa After the War: A Narrative of Recent Travel by Edward Frederick Knight (1903)
"The Cape to Cairo Railway has been pushed on from Vryburg to a point 164 miles
beyond Bulawayo, the present railhead being 1524 miles from Capetown and only ..."
3. With the British Army in the Holy Land by Henry Osmond Lock (1919)
"Immediately we were ready to move, we were railed up to the Front, to Belah,
which, at that time, was railhead. This was our first experience of travelling ..."
4. Trench Tales by Clarence Lumpkin Jordan (1919)
"... buddie, hit hard till we win " Hoboken or Heaven or Hell, ' toot sweet'! "
SAVING THE railhead The night was clear on the battlefront, ..."
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