Definitions for railhead

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railhead rail·head

Spelling: [reyl-hed]

IPA: /ˈreɪlˌhɛd/

Railhead is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in railhead (aadehilr).

Definitions for railhead

noun

1. the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
2. the upper part of a rail, used for supporting and guiding the wheels of railroad cars.
3. a railroad depot at which supplies are unloaded to be distributed or forwarded by truck or other means.

Origin of railhead

First recorded in 1895-1900; rail¹ + head

Examples for railhead

We finally bivouacked not far from the railhead, and reached the station of Mamouré early the following morning.

The run from Souastre to the railhead at Saulty was uneventful.

Valladolid—railhead, frontier-town—is the back of beyond in Yucatan.

A railway journey of a few hours brought us to Islahie, which was then the railhead for the journey over the Anti-Taurus range.

So he mounted and rode off through a gray, murky drizzle, to the railhead about eight miles away.

The engineer of the railhead, at the foot of the mountains, wanted to talk to him from his end of the wire.

We discovered that we were bound for Poulainville, a railhead near Amiens.

The last wire from railhead says that Pedro Montero and his men left at daybreak, after feeding on asado beef all night.

Lyttelton has his own brigade, and Barton's brigade covers the railhead at Chieveley.

His groom, beaming welcome, met him at the railhead with the horses.