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Meaning of fishbelly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The belly of a fish.
  2. An early kind of cast iron rail for railways, predating the bullhead rail.

Examples

“Original stone Stockton & Darlington Railway sleepers, thought to be 195 years old, have been installed as close as possible to the route's original starting point. They carry replica fishbelly rails, and the project [...] was part of an initiative by the Brusselton Incline Group to mark the start of the five-year countdown to the S&D bicentenary celebrations in 2025.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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