bradshaw
n. countablen. a famous historical book that listed train times in Britain. People used it for many years to plan their rail journeys.
n. a comprehensive railway guide and timetable for Great Britain and Ireland, originally published by George Bradshaw. Often used metonymically to refer to any such historical rail schedule.
He consulted his Bradshaw to find the next train to London.
In many Victorian novels, characters rely on a Bradshaw to navigate the complex and expanding rail network of the era.
The meticulous detail of a nineteenth-century Bradshaw provides modern historians with a precise map of the industrial revolution's logistical reach across the British Isles.
Usually capitalised as it is a proper name derived from the publisher; often used with the definite article.