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main lines

n. (main line English)

Usage examples of "main lines".

Among the modifications made on station, a rerouting of most of the main lines had meant shifting them into cramped, hard-to-inspect compartments rather than out in the open where inspection was easy.

It was a superb display of skill and training, and Julius exulted at the sight of it as the main lines crashed together.

The main lines were behind you, and my men were astonished at the skill they saw.

So, thanks to popular demand, the main lines, at least, will be dominated by fast-moving rod locomotives.

In 1900 the 25,000-volt overhead system was standardized and a 10-year plan to electrify most of the heavy-traffic main lines was launched, and by 1914 30% of the Domination's mileage and 50% of the ton-miles were electrified.

They were too far forward, and we just drove them back to the main lines.

The only real assaults had been with cavalry, all along the march, the Federal horsemen thrusting and Jabbing, while Stuart held them away from the main lines.

It constitutes, in effect, a set of corridors of death through which the cavalry must ride, in which it is commonly decimated before it can reach the main lines of the defenders.

Their main lines faced a little east of south, where they expected the main French force to appear.

That railway map showed main lines running up and down mountain ranges like polar bears on heat, and you never even blinked.