Crosstie in a sentence as a noun

Don't forget the ultimate technological crosstie here: Using the phone as a controller for the drone.

I'd guess that poured concrete is not cost-competitive with timber crossties, and pre-stressing is the only way to make them cheaply enough to compete.

When applied properly against each side of the crossties, the anchors prevent expansion of the rail in the longitudinal direction.

Crosstie definitions

noun

one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"

See also: sleeper