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.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее либо железнодорожную станцию в зоне боевых действий, где выгружаются военные припасы для распределения, либо конец готового пути на недостроенной железной дороге.

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.

   🇷🇺Фронтовой склад

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.

   🇷🇺Конец железнодорожного пути

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