Trackbed upon which railroad ties are laid.
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Examples for "ballast "
Examples for "ballast "
1 A minute later, ballast men slide into view in the secondary shaft.
2 The hatch closed, and I heard water hissing in the ballast tanks.
3 Partridge rubbed his chin and said, 'Well, she's not in ballast , sir.
4 The site contains evidence of the galleon's original structure, ballast and endowment.
5 The turtles, however, were stowed in the hold, and served as ballast .
1 There was the machine- gun platform , with a long, empty belt still lying on it.
2 I then continued to the after end of ship, took station on after gun platform .
3 It furnishes a steady gun platform , which, with the necessary speed, is the most vital feature of a submarine chaser.
4 He saw the men on the rear gun platform look for him, and he was over them before they could react.
5 The men on the front gun platform called in and said they were being surrounded by Frenchmen, some of whom were armed.
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