Definition of Railroad bed

1. Noun. A bed on which railroad track is laid.

Generic synonyms: Bed
Group relationships: Line, Rail Line, Railway Line

Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Bed

railinged
railingless
railingly
railings
railleries
raillery
railless
railleur
railleurs
raillies
raillietiniasis
railly
railman
railmen
railroad
railroad bed (current term)
railroad car
railroad cars
railroad crossing
railroad disease
railroad engineer
railroad flat
railroad gun
railroad guns
railroad line
railroad man
railroad nystagmus
railroad sickness
railroad siding
railroad spike

Literary usage of Railroad bed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... after having duly advertised the said tract of land or railroad-bed for sale in the mode prescribed by law, did, in accordance with said advertisement, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"... after having duly advertised the said tract c land or railroad-bed for sale in the mode pn scribed by law, did, in accordance with sai advertisement, ..."

3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1885)
"The railroad bed was then already in the possession of the company and graded, ... Such a dedication, •then, to be effective upon the railroad bed, ..."

4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"In constructing the railroad, ditches had been cut on each side of the railroad bed, from 10 to 14 feet in width ; and, in constructing the farm cross-ing, ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"In constructing the railroad, ditches had been cut on each side of the railroad bed, from 10 to 14 feut in width; and, in constructing the farm crossings, ..."

6. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1901)
"By the express terms of the deed the rights of way granted " are to be always so used and enjoyed as to do no unnecessary damage to said railroad bed and ..."

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