Home › Words › S › stringlinestringlinestringline means describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, stringline ranks #33,617 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom string + line.adjDescribing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving trackverbTo derail on sharply curving track, usually due to incorrectly distributed weighte.g.“The train stringlined on a curve when the engineer increased power at the front.” — 2007 July 11, Allan Dowd, “CN Rail criticized by Canadian derailment probe”, in Reuters:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.derailment 64% match — The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs. vs stringline →derail 58% match — Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail. vs stringline →derailing 57% match — The act by which something is derailed. vs stringline →sidetrack 55% match — A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding. vs stringline →derailer 54% match — One who, or that which, derails. vs stringline →dewire 53% match — for the pantograph or trolley pole, etc to become unintentionally detached from or entangled with the overhead lines such that the power to the vehicle is lost. vs stringline →derailable 51% match — Capable of being derailed. vs stringline →skidding 50% match — The motion of something that skids. vs stringline →