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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Shoefly

· Shoe·fly · IPA
01 n. A contrivance for throwing the track temporarily to one side for convenience in filling washouts or effecting other repairs.
  1. 1.
    A contrivance for throwing the track temporarily to one side for convenience in filling washouts or effecting other repairs.(Railroading) [Cant, U. S.]
  2. 2.
    In some cylinder presses, a device with long fingers for freeing the sheet from the cylinder.(Print.)