Akademik

noun

a) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building (called cladding in the UK).

b) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction).

Syn: railroad siding, sidetrack, lay-by