Definition of Railless

1. Adjective. Without rails. ¹

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Definition of Railless

1. without rails [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Railless

railfans
railful
railfuls
railgun
railgun accelerator
railguns
railhead
railheads
railing
railinged
railingless
railingly
railings
railleries
raillery
railless (current term)
railleur
railleurs
raillies
raillietiniasis
railly
railman
railmen
railroad
railroad bed
railroad car
railroad cars
railroad crossing
railroad disease
railroad engineer

Literary usage of Railless

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

1. Every where by Will Carleton (1907)
"No wonder we pray that the sun's best ray Will follow the morning star: For far and near must the echoes hear, The honk of the railless car! ..."

2. Through Ten English Counties by James John Hissey (1894)
"... signs—Petersfield—Chats with country folk—A Hampshire "Hanger"—A railless land— Homes of the people—A pseudo Druids' Circle—A joke by the way. ..."

3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"railless lustrates various types in use. 1800 w. Ing Ferro—April 1, 1910. No. ... Illustrated description, with data of railless trolley lines in Austria. ..."

4. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1910)
"The railless traction system may be considered as holding a place between ... The great feature of the railless system, of course, is the freedom from the ..."

5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"General Urban and Interurban Transportation and railless Electric Traction ... 746 A. railless Traction Systems. An illustrated report by a Leeds committee ..."

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