stopblock
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English
Etymology
Noun
stopblock (plural stopblocks)
- (rail transport, especially US) An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.
- 2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 34:
- [...] we were losing speed for the descent into King's Cross Platform 8, where a large crowd had gathered. For the last time, an HST braked gently and smoothly to a stand at the stopblock, and it was all over.
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References
- “stopblock”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.