Rail

Noun

 * 1) A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
 * 2) The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
 * 3) A railroad; a railway.
 * 4) A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
 * 5)  Lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
 * 6) * c. 2000 Nick Carroll, surfline.com :
 * Rails alone can only ever have a marginal effect on a board's general turning ability.

Architecture

1. The horizontal framing member of a paneled door

Derived terms

 * guardrail
 * handrail
 * railcard


 * railfanning
 * railhead
 * railway


 * ride the rails
 * split rail
 * third rail

Noun

 * 1) Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

Derived terms

 * Banded Rail

Verb

 * 1) To complain violently (against:, about:).
 * 2) *1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 27:
 * Chief Joyi railed against the white man, whom he believed had deliberately sundered the Xhosa tribe, dividing brother from brother.

Noun

 * 1)  An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment.
 * 2)  Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.

Derived terms

 * night-rail

Verb

 * 1)  To gush, flow (of liquid).
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
 * his breste and his brayle was bloodé – and hit rayled all over the see.

Adjectives for Rail
shattered; sanded; twisted; continuous; purgatorial.

Verbs for Rail
erect—; grasp—; —barricades; —bars; —checks; —circumscribes ; —confines ; —encloses ; —fences ; —fringes; —girdles ; — protects;  —restrains;   —safeguards;   — skirts; —terminates; —withstands; —restricts.

Adverbs for Rail
fretfully; bitterly; acrimoniously; acidly; sarcastically; devastatingly;  witheringly; relentlessly; pitifully; plaintively; monotonously; copiously.

Thesaurus
L, attack, baluster, balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, bawl out, berate, bottle up, boundary, box up, branch, bulkhead in, cable railway, cage, censure, check, chew out, cloister, cog railway, condemn, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, crib, criticize, decry, denounce, detain, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, encage, enclose, feeder, feeder line, fence, fence in, fulminate, gravity-operated railway, gruel, handrail, hedge, hem, hem in, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, horse railway, immure, impound, inhibit, jaw, junction, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, lath, light railroad, line, main line, mere shadow, metro, mew, mew up, monorail, pale, palisade, paper, pen, pen up, picket, pound, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail in, rail line, railing, railroad, railway, rake, rate, restrain, restrict, revile, roadbed, roadway, rod, scold, seal up, shackle, shadow, shaving, shut in, shut up, sidetrack, siding, skeleton, slat, slip, soup, splinter, stone wall, streak, street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal, terminus, tongue-lash, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, upbraid, vein, vituperate, vociferate, wafer, wall, wall in

Etymology 1
reille:, regula:, from regere:; see regular:.

Etymology 2
râle, rasle. Compare Medieval Latin rallus. Named from its harsh cry, Vulgar Latin rasculum, from Latin radere, to scrape.

Etymology 3
From railler:.

Etymology 4
hrægl:.

Etymology 5
Probably from raier:,  raier:.

Noun

 * Czech:
 * German: Geländer,
 * : kisko
 * Italian:, ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Japanese: 手すり


 * Norwegian: rekkverk, gelender, rekkverk,
 * Russian: перекладина,  поперечина,   перила,  поручни
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: räcke


 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German: Schiene, Gleis (track, sometimes incorrectly used like rail, slang)
 * Italian: rotaia
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: skinne


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: рельс (rel’s)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: skena, räl


 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German: Eisenbahn, Bahn , Schiene , Gleis , Gleise (Plural)
 * Italian:, ,  strada ferrata, binario
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: trilho
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * German: Kreuz (hardly used), Fensterkreuz  (window), Türkreuz, Balken
 * Italian: asta divisoria, divisorio, barra
 * Norwegian: sprosse (i vindu), slå (for dør)


 * Swedish: spröjs (both horisontal and vertical), slå (both horisontal and vertical)


 * Italian:


 * : grdnja m (1), šina f (2), pruga f (3), prečaga f (4)
 * : rail f
 * : sín (2,3), vasút (3)


 * : rel, rel kereta api
 * : riel, barandal

Noun

 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: クイナ


 * Russian:
 * Slovene: capovoznik
 * Spanish: rascón
 * Swedish:

Related terms

 * ralline

Verb

 * German:
 * Hebrew: התלונן
 * Italian:, ,


 * Japanese: ; ゴネる
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * aril
 * lair
 * lari
 * liar
 * lira
 * rial

Noun

 * 1) rail

Etymology
From rail.

Anagrams

 * lira