butt-weld

English

Verb

butt-weld (third-person singular simple present butt-welds, present participle butt-welding, simple past and past participle butt-welded)

1. Alternative form of buttweld
   • 1959 November, “Talking of Trains: Widening north of York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518:

     One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].

   • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:

     The steel sheeting was butt-welded and a cover strip screwed over it to cover the joints.