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rack rail
noun
- (in an inclined-plane or mountain-climbing railway) a rail between the running rails having cogs or teeth with which cogwheels on the locomotive engage.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rack rail1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
The cog-wheel on this latter shaft worked in a rack-rail placed in the centre of the track.
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He obtained a patent, in 1811, for the application of a rack-rail.
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From this point until the other side of the Andes is reached part of the way is covered by the use of a rack rail.
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It was also very apt to get off the rack-rail, and then it stood still.
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