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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant soit une gare ferroviaire en zone de combat où les fournitures militaires sont déchargées pour être distribuées, soit l'extrémité d'une voie ferrée achevée sur une ligne en construction.

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.

   🇫🇷Tête de ligne militaire

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.

   🇫🇷Extrémité de voie ferrée en construction

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