Phrases related to: sheer-rail

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rake	A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
Champ at the Bit	To show sheer willingness to do something or become impatient to begin it	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Diamond	In Railroad Parlance, the especially designed, critically installed rail-section in place at 'Cross-Over' point. Special Switch-Tower With Special Switch-Point Equipment operated 24/7 by Experts:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
put the bottom rail on top	To reverse a hierarchy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ride on a rail	To be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
skinny as a rail	Especially of a person, very skinny.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
standard fare	The usual price for travel by air, rail, or another means of transport.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
SwitchStand	A Normally Padlocked Manually-operated, Switch-point Arrangement At the Point Of a Sidetrack, Entry to A Yard, Commercial Warehouse, Shipping Terminal et al to enable shunting Entire Trains, Railcars, Rail Equipment from Mainline, or SpecLine, to Location/ Other:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)