sleepered

English

Verb

sleepered

1. simple past and past participle of sleeper

Adjective

sleepered (not comparable)

1. (usually in combination) Relating to railway sleepers.
   • 1954 September, George Behrend, “The Nyon-St. Cergue-Morez Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 605:

     The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track.

   • 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 705:

     Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness.