way station


noun
  1. a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad.

Origin of way station

1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words Nearby way station

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How to use way station in a sentence

  • Though we did not realize it at the time, this was destined to be only a place to winter, a way station on our route to Oregon.

  • At noon of a bright day, Jim landed at a little way station from which a single-gauge track ran off into apparent nothingness.

    Still Jim | Honor Willsie Morrow
  • I could start a way station of some sort, on some pretext, and go on innoculating the public as they come past.

    Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith