freight yard

See also: freightyard

English

Noun

freight yard (plural freight yards)

1. A rail yard for freight cars, typically designed for loading and unloading cargo and sorting locomotives.
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 85:

     We got into Milan early in the morning and they unloaded us in the freight yard.

Synonyms

• goods yard