railhead

Meanings

Plural: railheads

Noun

• a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
• the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
• A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
• The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid.
• The top surface (head) of a rail.
• An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and materiel.

Related Words

airhead, beachhead, bridgehead