[rail.road] n (1825): a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and providing a track for cars or equipment drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors; also: such a road and its assets constituting a single property
[2]railroad vt (1877) 1 a: to convict with undue haste and by means of false charges or insufficient evidence b: to push through hastily or without due consideration
2: to transport by railroad ~ vi: to work for a railroad company -- rail.road.er n