marshalling yard
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A railway yard where trains are assembled from individual carriages or goods wagons.
Example Sentences
- "In passing we must glance at marshalling yards. Of course, until the unit of the country's trade is a train-load and not something less than a wagon-load, marshalling yards will continue to be a necessary evil."
- "Five marshalling yards in the vicinity—Pontypool Road, Rogerstone, Alexandra Dock Junction, East Usk Junction and Severn Tunnel Junction—remarshal much of this traffic into full train loads to destination."