freight yard
See also: freightyard
English
Noun
freight yard (plural freight yards)
- A rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 85:
- We got into Milan early in the morning and they unloaded us in the freight yard.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 85:
Synonyms
- goods yard