hard-wearing

adj

Etymology

From hard + wearing.

Definitions

  1. 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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