# flangeway

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈflændʒ.weɪ/

## Definitions
1. An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
2. The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.

## Etymology
From flange + way.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flangeway