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Definition of Switchback
1. Noun. A zigzag path, road or railway track; especially a railway track in which the train travels in a reverse direction at each switch ¹
2. Noun. A hairpin bend. ¹
3. Noun. (dated UK) A roller coaster. ¹
4. Verb. (context: of a path etc) To zigzag. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Switchback
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Switchback
Literary usage of Switchback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... to a rail in a track. railroad, n. railway, rail (chiefly in "by rail"), road;
spec, tram (Great Britain), tramway, junction, branch, switchback, ..."
2. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1903)
"... of the switchback to the other, it was arranged to have two rotaries in the
same train headed in opposite directions, with two consolidation locomotives ..."
3. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"... Equalizing Beams, and the switchback—Locating a Road—Work of the Surveying
Party— Making the Road-bed—How Tunnels are Avoided—More than Three Thousand ..."
4. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"On the other hand, Machinery, ey a switchback Ry erected on land and removable
without causing injury to the soil, is a " Chattel," and is within a covenant ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The operation of the switchback and the construction of defendant's music ...
Within the park was a switchback or roller coaster, owned and operated by one ..."
6. Military Geography for Professionals and the Public by John M. Collins (2000)
"... Road above the Sal ween River gorge creeps around 21 switchback curves with
slippery surfaces, precipitous slopes on both sides, and no guard rails. ..."
7. The Jack of All Trades: Fair Weather Ideas by Daniel Carter Beard (1904)
"A BACK-YARD switchback. THE back-yard affords an opportunity to build a summer
... The Wheels of the back-yard " switchback " car must be made of thick, ..."
8. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... to a rail in a track. railroad, n. railway, rail (chiefly in "by rail"), road;
spec, tram (Great Britain), tramway, junction, branch, switchback, ..."
9. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1903)
"... of the switchback to the other, it was arranged to have two rotaries in the
same train headed in opposite directions, with two consolidation locomotives ..."
10. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"... Equalizing Beams, and the switchback—Locating a Road—Work of the Surveying
Party— Making the Road-bed—How Tunnels are Avoided—More than Three Thousand ..."
11. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"On the other hand, Machinery, ey a switchback Ry erected on land and removable
without causing injury to the soil, is a " Chattel," and is within a covenant ..."
12. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The operation of the switchback and the construction of defendant's music ...
Within the park was a switchback or roller coaster, owned and operated by one ..."
13. Military Geography for Professionals and the Public by John M. Collins (2000)
"... Road above the Sal ween River gorge creeps around 21 switchback curves with
slippery surfaces, precipitous slopes on both sides, and no guard rails. ..."
14. The Jack of All Trades: Fair Weather Ideas by Daniel Carter Beard (1904)
"A BACK-YARD switchback. THE back-yard affords an opportunity to build a summer
... The Wheels of the back-yard " switchback " car must be made of thick, ..."
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