A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
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Words linked to "Snakehead" : genus Chelone, shell-flower, snake-head, northern snakehead, turtlehead, bog plant, shellflower, Chelone glabra, Chelone |
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