marshalling yard
- noun
- /ˈmɑːrʃəlɪŋ jɑrd/
- UK
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estación de clasificación
- PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Upon arrival from Alabama, the pipes were taken to the marshalling yard near the Miramar landfill.
Examples
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In the marshalling yard, workers efficiently organized the freight cars for the upcoming departures.
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It began early, as I mentioned yesterday, with a check-in at the truck marshalling yard.
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Today's target is the marshalling yard located in the eastern coastal city of Catania.
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The marshalling yard was bustling with trains being assembled and cargo prepared for shipment.
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After delivering the goods, the driver parked his truck at the nearby marshalling yard to await further instructions.
Synonyms
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6.5
An area with many train tracks where train cars are kept and repaired
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3.1
A place where trains stop to load people or goods
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A place with many train tracks where train engines and cars are kept and fixed
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'marshal' (to arrange) + 'yard' (an area), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a place where things are organized. However, the specialized railway sense (assembling trains and handling goods) is technical and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, making the term only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Marshalling yard comes from the idea of a 'marshal' who puts people or things in order, like soldiers standing in lines, and yard meaning a work area. So a marshalling yard is the place where railway cars are lined up and attached to make trains, which is why the name now means 'a yard for assembling and sorting trains'.