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Definitions for Rails

[1] a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
[2] a fence; railing.
[3] one of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack.
[4] one of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad cars.
[5] the railroad as a means of transportation: to travel by rail.
[6] rails, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
[7] Nautical . a horizontal member capping a bulwark.
[8] Carpentry , Furniture . any of various horizontal members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Compare stile2.
[9] Slang . a line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose.
[10] to furnish or enclose with a rail or rails.
[11] to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often followed by at or against ): to rail at fate.
[12] to bring, force, etc., by railing.
[13] any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
[14] a horizontal bar of wood, metal, etc, supported by vertical posts, functioning as a fence, barrier, handrail, etc
[15] a horizontal bar fixed to a wall on which to hang things a picture rail
[16] a horizontal framing member in a door or piece of panelling Compare stile 2
[17] short for railing
[18] one of a pair of parallel bars laid on a prepared track, roadway, etc, that serve as a guide and running surface for the wheels of a railway train, tramcar, etc
[19] short for railway (as modifier ) rail transport
[20] nautical a trim for finishing the top of a bulwark
[21] off the rails into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder eccentric or mad
[22] to provide with a rail or railings
[23] (usually foll by in or off ) to fence (an area) with rails
[24] (intr ; foll by at or against) to complain bitterly or vehemently to rail against fate
[25] any of various small wading birds of the genus Rallus and related genera: family Rallidae , order Gruiformes (cranes, etc). They have short wings, long legs, and dark plumage

Words related to Rails

railfume, scold, rant, inveigh, castigate, thunder, complain, vociferate, revile, blast, jaw, fulminate, rate, censure, vituperate, attack, abuse, upbraid, berate, whip

Words nearby Rails

railrai, raia, raiatea, raid, raider, rail, rail anchor, rail bead, rail detector car, rail fence, rail gauge

Origin of Rails

31400–50; late Middle English rale < Old French raale (cognate with Provençal rascla ), noun derivative of raler < Vulgar Latin *rāsiculāre frequentative of Latin rādere (past participle rāsus ) to scratch

Other words from Rails

rail·less , adjective
rail·like , adjective
rail·er , noun
rail·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Rails

C15: from Old French raale , perhaps from Latin rādere to scrape

Synonyms for Rails

balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, fence, paling, rails, rest, siding