Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
bobtail bob dock | a short or shortened tail of certain animals |
dock | the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar railway car railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
dock dockage docking facility | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired, may have gates to let water in or out, the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late |
dock | an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial |
dock loading dock | a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded |
dry dock drydock graving dock | a large dock from which water can be pumped out, used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline |
elevated railway elevated railroad elevated el overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
floating dock floating dry dock | dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
pier wharf wharfage dock | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles, provides access to ships and boats |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway railroad railroad line railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
yard railway yard railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
stevedore loader longshoreman docker dockhand dock worker dockworker dock-walloper lumper | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
trainman railroader railroad man railwayman railway man | an employee of a railroad |
American feverfew wild quinine prairie dock Parthenium integrifolium | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers, leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns |
dock sorrel sour grass | any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine |
sour dock garden sorrel Rumex acetosa | European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens |
bitter dock broad-leaved dock yellow dock Rumex obtusifolius | European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America |
dock | maneuver into a dock, dock the ships |
dry-dock drydock | maneuver (a ship) into a drydock |
dock tail bob | remove or shorten the tail of an animal |
dock | come into dock, the ship docked |
dock | deduct from someone's wages |
dock | deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty |