railhead

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
noun the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway

From rail + head.

Right and left parallel clanging ringing a doubledecker and a singledeck moved from their railheads, swerved to the down line, glided parallel. — Ulysses, James Joyce
The sentry presented arms, and the party swung through, and struck into a wide main-road that crossed the railhead, a sandy road with a dyke at either side of it, that followed the curve of the shore-line east. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

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