Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A railway-yard in which car-shunting takes place.

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Examples

  • Directly in front of the building lies the shunting-yard of the Southern Railroad.

    Evidences of Progress Among Colored People G. F. Richings 1902

  • The railway van still bears its original red ochre lead paint outside, the wooden boards overprinted here and there with obscure stencilled shunting-yard lingo: Forward Seymour Loco’, 4697 D only’.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • The railway van still bears its original red ochre lead paint outside, the wooden boards overprinted here and there with obscure stencilled shunting-yard lingo: Forward Seymour Loco’, 4697 D only’.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

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