traversă Noun, f, traversă

1. railroad tie

Appox. usage (any sense): 4.68 per million words

crampon Noun, n, crampon

1. (rail transport) square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties
2. cleat; crampon (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
3. (botany) crampon (aerial root a climbing plant uses to affix itself to vertical support)

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.303 per million words