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switch⋅yard

[swich-yahrd]
–noun
a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; switch + yard 2
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switch·yard   (swĭch'yärd')   
n.  An area where railroad cars are switched and trains assembled.
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