The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.
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Fishplate
Synonyms for "fishplate" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- brida noun (metal bar)
- eclissa noun (metal bar)
French
1 entries- éclisse noun (metal bar)
German
1 entries- Lasche noun (metal bar)
Indonesian
1 entries- pelat sambung noun (metal bar)
Italian
1 entries- ganascia noun (metal bar)
Portuguese
1 entries- eclissa noun (metal bar)
Russian
1 entries- стыкова́я накла́дка noun (metal bar)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].
Source: wiktionary
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