hard-wearing
adjEtymology
From hard + wearing.
Definitions
Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration
Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.
- Throughout B.R. activity to improve drainage and ballast, to lay in more long-welded rails [...] and concrete sleepers, and to provide more hard-wearing pointwork and crossings will be intensified in the next four years.
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