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- noun rail transport, US A heavy, preserved piece of hewn
timber laid crossways to and supporting therails of arailroad .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
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