railway cut

railway cut
An excavation, having definite upper and outer edges and sloping sides, made in a right of way for the purpose of keeping the road bed on the level or, at any rate, avoiding a steep grade. Newton v Louisville & N. R. Co. 110 Ala 474, 19 So 19.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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