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English
Etymology
From fish + belly.
Noun
fishbelly (plural fishbellies)
- The belly of a fish.
- An early kind of cast iron rail for railways, predating the bullhead rail.
2020 October 21, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern: Shildon”, in Rail, page 24:Original stone Stockton & Darlington Railway sleepers, thought to be 195 years old, have been installed as close as possible to the route's original starting point. They carry replica fishbelly rails, and the project [...] was part of an initiative by the Brusselton Incline Group to mark the start of the five-year countdown to the S&D bicentenary celebrations in 2025.