rail

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[edit] English

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Old French reille, Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regere (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular.

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rail (plural rails)

  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. (surfing) Lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
    • circa 2000, Nick Carroll, surfline.com [1]:
      Rails alone can only ever have a marginal effect on a board's general turning ability.
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Terms derived from the noun "rail"
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a horizontal bar; a railing
the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad
a railroad; a railway
a horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window
  • Swedish: spröjs (sv) c. (both horisontal and vertical), slå (sv) c. (both horisontal and vertical)
lengthwise edges of a surfboard
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[edit] Etymology 2

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

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rail (plural rails)

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  1. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
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small bird in the family Rallidae

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle French railler.

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rail (third-person singular simple present rails, present participle railing, simple past and past participle railed)

  1. To complain violently (against, about).
    • 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.
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to complain

[edit] Etymology 4

Old English hræġl.

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rail (plural rails)

  1. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment.
  2. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
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Probably from Anglo-Norman raier, Middle French raier.

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rail (third-person singular simple present rails, present participle railing, simple past and past participle railed)

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

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rail f. (??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

  1. rail

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From English rail.

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rail m. (plural rails)

  1. rail

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