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Definition of sleeper

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Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..

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Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story..

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).

Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..

Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law..

Tetard :: Tetard (n.) A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..

Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.

Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks..

Slumberer :: Slumberer (n.) One who slumbers; a sleeper.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.

Supersubstantial :: Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed..