Noun: railway bed
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad bed)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad bed)
- A bed on which railway track is laid
"Workers repaired the damaged section of the railway bed";
- railroad bed [N. Amer]
Derived forms: railway beds
Type of: bed
Part of: line, rail line, railroad line [N. Amer], railway line [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Railway bed