📚 noun • entry_id 60524
horseshoe curve
/ˈhɔːs.ʃuː kɜːv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
curva tipo herradura
A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.
It only remains to notice briefly the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, which for a few miles pursues its tortuous and picturesque course along the valley of the Taf, thence rising…
This route was constructed in 1883 and involves a horseshoe curve, two tunnels, ruling grades of 3.76 per cent southbound and 3.91 per cent northbound (with patches up to 4.8 per c…
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