marshalling yard

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   a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded

   Broaderyard

Questions about marshalling yard

What does marshalling yard mean?

marshalling yard means "a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded".

Is marshalling yard a common word?

marshalling yard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.