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tie 
n. a wooden beam used as a transverse support for a railway track.
- 1854 The deceased came to his death by being run over by the Locomotive Oxford, on the Line of the Great Western Railway, on Wednesday last, having previously laid himself between the ties on the track.
- 1961 Treated track ties are expected to have a life of fifty or more years.
- 1854 The deceased came to his death by being run over by the Locomotive Oxford, on the Line of the Great Western Railway, on Wednesday last, having previously laid himself between the ties on the track.