railhead

/ˈreɪlˌhɛd/
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Other forms: railheads

Definitions of railhead
  1. noun
    the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
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    type of:
    end, terminal
    either extremity of something that has length
  2. noun
    a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
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    type of:
    depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse
    a depository for goods
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