pointwork

Noun

1. The engineering of sets of points on a railway, tramway, etc.
   • Before long, this box will be installed nearer Grosmont (NYM) level crossing to permit control of the crossing gates (presently hand-worked) and to replace the eight-lever ground frame which currently operates the...
   • And for maintenance of pointwork, a six-platform service can be operated whichever throat is under possession. - 2020 March 25, William Barter, “HS2: Euston or Old Oak Common?”, in Rail, page 58:
2. Alternative form of pointework.
   • Though Mr. Lacotte makes certain nods to the early 19th-century ballet style of the first act of Giselle and August Bournonvilles ballets, he asks all his female dancers to do the sustained pointwork known to be...