Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In railroading, the most distant of the series of signals under the control of a signal-man.
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Examples
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That made such a lovely noise and so scared the passengers that they could not resist repeating it, and by the time we had hauled abreast of the distance-signal there was not much of the roof left.
The Lion of Petra Talbot Mundy 1909
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"We're trying to get our distance-signal license back," she said.
Durangoherald.com 2010
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