(rail, transitive, UK) To replace the sleepers of (a track).
(rail, transitive, UK) To replace the sleepers of (a track).
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(rail, chiefly, UK) A railroad tie.
(rail, UK) A sleeping car train which also includes vehicles for carrying passengers' motor cars.
The British English term for a railroad tie — the rectangular wooden or concrete beam that lies perpendicular to the rails, keeping them in place and the correct distance apart. 'Railway sleeper' is standard in UK, Australian, and New Zealand English, while Americans say 'railroad tie' or 'crosstie.' Old wooden railway sleepers have become popular in UK gardening as rustic raised-bed edging material.
(US, rail) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.