Definition of sleeper

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

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Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.
Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story..
Supersubstantial :: Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed..
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..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks..
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.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear..
Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Slumberer :: Slumberer (n.) One who slumbers; a sleeper.
Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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