cantrail

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English

The cantrail is marked by an orange stripe

Etymology

From cant +‎ rail.

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cantrail (plural cantrails)

  1. (rail transport, UK) A length of metal (earlier timber) supporting the outer edge of the roof of a railway carriage; also found on locomotives, buses and coaches.
    • 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: "Rainbow" trains on the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 135:
      As was briefly reported last month, the S.R. is experimenting with the Continental method of making the class of train accommodation more conspicuous by painting a coloured strip below the cantrail of the coaches.

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