jarum wesel
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of jarum (“needle”) + wesel (“points; switch”).
Noun
jarum wesel (plural jarum-jarum wesel)
- (rail transport) frog; crossing (nose): the part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross
Further reading
- “jarum wesel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016