trunk line
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aɪn
Noun
edittrunk line (plural trunk lines)
- (rail transport) A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.
- Coordinate term: mainline
- 1987, William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme Court:
- But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines.
- The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge.
- A main telephone line.
- 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:
- Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.
Translations
editmain railway line
See also
editReferences
edit- “trunk line”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.