rail
A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrierA horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
» Tom held onto the rail for support.
Meaning
13 sensesA horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
Geländer, (naut.) Reling
перекла́динаperekládina, попере́чинаpoperéčina, пери́лаperíla
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
Schiene, Gleis
рельсrelʹs
ре́йкаréjka
a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
We travelled to the seaside by rail.
a small Scottish village not accessible by rail
short for railway
A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
ISA devices draw power from the +5 V, −5 V, +12 V, and −12 V rails of the power supply unit.
A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
Kreuz, Fensterkreuz, Türkreuz
One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
(Internet)A vertical section on one side of a web page.
We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.
A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
The raised edge of the game board.
Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
Ralle
пастушо́кpastušók
any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
(obsolete)An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
Examples
135 sentencesTom held onto the rail for support.
Tom is as thin as a rail.
Tom was as thin as a rail when he was a kid.
Tom was as thin as a rail when he was a child.
Tom was as thin as a rail when he was a boy.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partlyFrom Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular. Doublet of regal, regula, rigol, and rule.
From French râle, rale, from Middle French raalle, from Old French rasle. Compare Medieval Latin rallus. Named from its harsh cry, Vulgar Latin *rasculum, from Latin rādere (“to scrape”).
From Middle English rail, reil, from Old English hræġl (“garment, dress, robe”). Cognate with Old Frisian hreil, reil, Old Saxon hregil, Old High German hregil (“clothing, garment, dress”).
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