English Dictionary

cess

/sɛs/

noun

(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

The cess on imported goods has been increased.

意味（1）

(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

In April 1923, he was working with a gang of five others in Glasgow on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). They were told to walk in the cess. But as it wasn't clear, they walked on the sleepers, each carrying a 70lb lifting screw on his shoulder. McGuinness was struck by a train and killed for want of a safe path.

意味（2）

(obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.

意味（3）

(obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.