Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
manual of arms
manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle |
| order arms | a position in the manual of arms, the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground, often used as a command |
| arms deal | a deal to provide military arms |
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 |
coat of arms
arms blazon
blazonry | the official symbols of a family, state, etc. |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
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 |
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 |
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 |
| semaphore | an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms |
weaponry
arms
implements of war
weapons system
munition | weapons considered collectively |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
| freedom to bear arms | a right guaranteed by the nd amendment to the US Constitution |
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SALT | negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons |
| arms race | a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments |
munitions industry
arms industry | an industry that manufacturers weapons of war |
| arms manufacturer | someone who manufactures arms and munitions |
| gentleman-at-arms | one ofgentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions |
knight bachelor
bachelor-at-arms
bachelor | a knight of the lowest order, could display only a pennon |
| man-at-arms | a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times |
| master-at-arms | the senior petty officer, responsible for discipline aboard ship |
sergeant at arms
serjeant-at-arms | an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
telegraph plant
semaphore plant
Codariocalyx motorius
Desmodium motorium
Desmodium gyrans | erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine |
| semaphore | convey by semaphore, of information |
| semaphore | send signals by or as if by semaphore |
go to war
take arms
take up arms | commence hostilities |
| under arms | armed and prepared for fighting |