stopblock
English
Etymology
From stop + block
Noun
stopblock (plural stopblocks)
- (rail transport, especially US) An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.
- 2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 34:
- [...] we were losing speed for the descent into King's Cross Platform 8, where a large crowd had gathered. For the last time, an HST braked gently and smoothly to a stand at the stopblock, and it was all over.
References
- “stopblock” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.