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Flangeway

//ˈflændʒ.weɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels. historical
  2. 2
    The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.

    "The factors in determining the width of flangeways between check rails and the main rail are the thickness of the wheel flange and the clearance allowed […]"

Etymology

From flange + way.

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