crosstie

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

She wuz hangin' to the bridge Where she dropt down thro' the crossties, with one arm about a sill, An' the other round the baby, who wuz yellin' fur to kill! — Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two, Various
These houses were made of a rude framework of corner posts, studs, and crossties, and were plastered, outside and in, with "cat and clay"--a kind of mortar, made of mud and 15 mixed with straw and moss. — Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year, E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell

tie, railroad tie, sleeper

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