plateway

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An early form of railway using L-shaped iron rails.
    — The late Mr. Clement E. Stretton wrote that it was decided in 1785 to lay a plateway "from the dock at Loughborough to Nanpanton, a distance of three miles, but this system of plateway had to be abandoned, as the Road Commissioners would not allow a ledge to project upwards in their road."

词形变化

plateways plural

词源

From plate + way.
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