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one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
How To Use crosstie In A Sentence
- I unhooked Glory from the crossties and took his halter off, before placing his bridle on and adjusting the straps.
- Colonel Andrews agreed that if we would grade and crosstie the road his company would iron and provide the rolling stock. History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912
- “Barn Goddess?” he asked as he clipped a crosstie to one side of Magnus™s halter in a wash stall while I did the other side. Ms Longshot
- ( "Barham-Sevier") to acquire a crosstie procurement business that includes land and equipment for an undisclosed purchase price. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
- Back at the stable, we crosstied our horses and groomed them. Canterwood Crest Triple Fault
- As you can see, the job is no longer done by placing crosstie after crosstie. CASTRO ADDRESSES RAIL WORKERS, HAILS SOVIET AID
- I thought it'd hit that crosstie and knock us off there on the railroad track. Oral History Interview with Hoy Deal, July 3 and 11, 1979. Interview H-0117. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
- He hammered a silver spike into a railroad crosstie.
- The organization promotes the economical and environmentally sound use of wood crossties.
- He argues that tests on household plants growing next to old crossties found no creosote residue.
