Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In English locomotives, one of two stout rods, reaching down to about two inches from the track, before a front wheel. In America the cow-catcher or pilot serves the same purpose.
- noun A guardrail.
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The bus driver Dave Mabry managed to avoid a head-on collision by running the bus against the rail-guard.
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Dave Mabry, managed to avoid a head-on collision by running the bus against the rail-guard.
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