railhead

A noun referring to either a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution, or the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das entweder einen Bahnhof im Kriegsgebiet bezeichnet, an dem militärischer Nachschub zum Verteilen entladen wird, oder das Ende des fertiggestellten Gleises bei einer im Bau befindlichen Eisenbahnstrecke.

1. Military supply depot C1 formal

   A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.

   • The general ordered supplies to be sent to the railhead for immediate distribution.
   • Troops established a railhead near the front lines to receive ammunition.
   • The railhead became a critical hub for logistics during the campaign.

   🇩🇪Frontdepot

2. End of railway track C1 formal

   The end of the completed track on an unfinished railway.

   • Construction crews worked tirelessly to extend the railhead further into the valley.
   • The railhead marked the farthest point of the railway's progress.
   • Supplies were stockpiled at the railhead for the next phase of construction.

   🇩🇪Ende der Bahnstrecke

• railheads plural form
• railheads' possessive plural form
• railhead's possessive singular form