English Dictionary

cess

IPA（発音記号）

/sɛs/

名詞

方言 廃用

(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

日本語の意味

鉄道線路の左右に位置し、枕木の下部より低い位置に保たれることで排水を目的とした区域

After the storm, the maintenance crew inspected the cess along the railway to ensure proper drainage.

嵐の後、保守チームは線路脇の排水溝を点検して、排水が適切に行われているか確認した。

意味（1）

(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

In April 1923, he was working with a gang of five others in Glasgow on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). They were told to walk in the cess. But as it wasn't clear, they walked on the sleepers, each carrying a 70lb lifting screw on his shoulder. McGuinness was struck by a train and killed for want of a safe path.

意味（2）

(obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.

意味（3）

(obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

cesses （ plural ）