flangeway

flangeway

[′flanj‚wā]
(civil engineering)
Open way through a rail or track structure that provides a passageway for the flange of a wheel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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