Usually means: Terminal point on a railway.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word railhead:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. railhead: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. railhead: Merriam-Webster
  3. railhead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. railhead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. railhead: Collins English Dictionary
  6. railhead: Vocabulary.com
  7. Railhead, railhead: Wordnik
  8. railhead: Wiktionary
  9. railhead: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. railhead: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. railhead: Dictionary.com
  12. Railhead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. railhead: Rhymezone
  14. railhead: FreeDictionary.org
  15. railhead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. railhead: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. railhead: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Railhead: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See railheading as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (rail transport) A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
noun:  The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid.
noun:  (rail transport) The top surface (head) of a rail.
noun:  (military) 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.

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