What does way-station mean?

way-station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

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"Just then, as it happened, the train reached a solitary way-station."
"Here Belinsky has reached a way-station on the route to something else."
"At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition."
"At the same time, Mano Majra serves as the site of a murder-burglary, attempted communist activities, and “ghost train” way-station."

way-stations (plural)

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