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signal box
noun
, British.
- a railway signal tower.
signal box
noun
- a building containing manually operated signal levers for all the railway lines in its section
- a control point for a large area of a railway system, operated electrically and semiautomatically
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Word History and Origins
Origin of signal box1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
"Enough of them," replied the commander, as he drew forth from a signal-box the flags required.
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The ruined building is the signal box itself, protected by the line of sandbags in front of telegraph poles and shelled trees.
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The man who had rung the signal-box yelled something at him, but he already knew.
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The engraving accompanying this chapter shows the appearance and mechanism of the signal box.
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There was a signal box at each end of the tunnel, and a fair traffic, and fast trains passed.
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