I. ˈrāl-ˌrōd, ˈrel-; ˈre-ˌrōd noun
Date: 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
II. verb
Date: 1877
transitive verb
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
intransitive verb
: to work for a railroad company
• rail·road·er noun