switchback
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Noun — A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
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Etymology
The noun is derived from switch (“to turn (a train) from one railway track to another using a switch”, verb) + back (“so as to reverse direction and return”, adverb). The verb is derived from the noun.
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