Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headcode

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-code
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Another appendix elucidates the S.E.C.R. headcode system."
"Gaining a new headcode, it is then rebranded as the 2103 Carmarthen-Fishguard Harbour - a place I'd never visited by rail."

Etymology

From head + code.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

headcodes (plural)

Questions

What does headcode mean?: A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
Where does headcode come from?: From head + code.

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