Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transverse beam or rod serving as a support, especially a beam that connects and supports the rails of a railroad.
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Examples
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“Barn Goddess?” he asked as he clipped a crosstie to one side of Magnus™s halter in a wash stall while I did the other side.
Ms Longshot Kurtz, Sylvie 2005
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The crosstie the boy had stepped on had given way almost entirely and flopped downward lazily, swinging easily on a disintegrating rivet, like a shutter on a haunted window.
The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982
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I thought it'd hit that crosstie and knock us off there on the railroad track.
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When it come a rainy day she and I would go over in the woods, and it took four oak trees to make eight crossties, about two lengths eight and a half foot crosstie.
Oral History Interview with John Wesley Snipes, 1976 September 20 and November 20. Interview H-98. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By John Wesley Snipes John Wesley Snipes 1976
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As you can see, the job is no longer done by placing crosstie after crosstie.
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Cassie had dropped to her knees on the end of a crosstie under the boxcar, and was holding out her hand, her lips moving in some reassuring burbling chuckle, her hair fallen across her eyes, as with a reassuring smile to Callie Lou she pointed to the boxcar above her head.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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She stepped off it onto the crosstie and then walked the few steps to the next rail, on which she stood for an instant, looking down at the silvery shine below her boots.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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Colonel Andrews agreed that if we would grade and crosstie the road his company would iron and provide the rolling stock.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912 Kemp Plummer 1912
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( "Barham-Sevier") to acquire a crosstie procurement business that includes land and equipment for an undisclosed purchase price.
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( "Barham-Sevier") to acquire a crosstie procurement business that includes land and equipment for an undisclosed purchase price.
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