turn-out

See also: turnout and turn out

English

Noun

turn-out (plural turn-outs)

  1. attendance; crowd
  2. (dated) A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike.
  3. A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
  4. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.
    A man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
  5. Net quantity of produce yielded.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for turn-out in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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