dog spike
See also: dogspike
English
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edit- Rhymes: -aɪk
Noun
editdog spike (plural dog spikes)
- (rail transport) Alternative form of dogspike.
- 1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:
- The type normally used is the British Standard 75-lb. flat-bottom rail, which is laid on cast-iron bearing plates and on plain tracks is secured by steel dog spikes.