Definition of Detouring

1. Verb. (present participle of detour) ¹

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Definition of Detouring

1. detour [v] - See also: detour

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detouring

detonization
detonizations
detonize
detonized
detonizes
detonizing
detorsion
detorsions
detort
detorted
detorting
detortion
detorts
detour
detoured
detouring
detournement
detournements
detours
detox
detoxed
detoxer
detoxers
detoxes
detoxicant
detoxicants
detoxicate
detoxicated
detoxicates
detoxicating

Literary usage of Detouring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Railroad Freight Transportation by Leonor Fresnel Loree (1922)
"Detouring.—At the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Car Accountants Association held at Buffalo, NY, June 15, 1886, resolutions were adopted and submitted to ..."

2. The Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, for the Use of by American Railway Association (1906)
"which we are detouring via your line from — will reach The detoured train will consist of — cars We will arrange to handle your Train No. ..."

3. Train Operation by William Nichols (1920)
"Detouring. If a train scheduled from "A" to "H" is detoured from "C" to "D" there is nothing to prevent it resuming its schedule "D" to "H" without a train ..."

4. The Train Dispatcher: A Manual of Railway Telegraphy by Augustus Wilson Early (1903)
"Detouring PASSENGERS. Where you see a passenger train is going to be delayed seriously by a wreck, fire or washout, and passengers wish to go via some other ..."

5. Proceedings and Committee Reports by American Association of Railroad Superintendents (1906)
"Charge for Detouring Service. Adopted June 5, 1905. Resolved, That the minimum charge for detouring service shall lie $5.00 ..."

6. The Ohio Nisi Prius Reports by Ohio Courts (1904)
"As to the point that the Dayton & Union has no authority to let out its right to other railways, for detouring purposes, I have this to say: I think the ..."

7. Preliminary Report of the General Features of the Military Reconnaissance by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, George Montague Wheeler, Daniel Wright Lockwood (1869)
"Again, by detouring to Clover Valley, a little to the east, and coming into the same wash below Meadow Canon, the above point could be reached in about one ..."

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