Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
signal box ExamplesWord Origin noun British.
- a railway signal tower.
Origin of signal box First recorded in 1820–30 Examples from the Web for signal box Historical Examples of signal box
And you and Inspector Henderson are going to spend the night in the signal-box?
L. T. Meade
It is about a mile long, and the signal-box is on the Felwyn side.
L. T. Meade
Outside, Phillip threatened me with the guard’s signal-box key.
George Oliver Smith
“Come, Phil,” and marched out of the signal-box with flaming cheeks.
E. Nesbit
The name of the station, signals, and a signal-box (a half-opened match-box standing on end) can be added.
Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
British Dictionary definitions for signal box signal box noun
- a building containing manually operated signal levers for all the railway lines in its section
- a control point for a large area of a railway system, operated electrically and semiautomatically