nerve centre

English

Noun

nerve centre (plural nerve centres)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Standard spelling of nerve center.
   • 1960 April, “Automatic single-line signalling on the S.N.C.F”, in Trains Illustrated, page 214:

     Its value is likely to be fully realised when it is transferred to Dijon; there, no doubt, the control of the Mouchard-Frasne section will be possible without any addition to the staff already commanding movements at this nerve centre of the S.N.C.F. South-East Region.

   • 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 2, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     And this fireproof, thiefproof office is one of the nerve centres. From this console I can access ... nearly everything.

References

• “nerve centre”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• nerve center