handrail

English

Etymology

From hand +‎ rail.

Noun

handrail (plural handrails)

1. A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.
   • 1952 September, “Modernised Pull-and-Push Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:

     Retractable steps and handrails are provided on each side of the cars. The steps, which are under the control of the guard, are operated by hand levers in the entrance vestibule.

   • 2020 July 15, “Network News: £2 million repairs complete at Eskmeals viaduct”, in Rail, page 22:

     Walkways and handrails were also upgraded during the work, to improve safety for maintenance staff.

2. A moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support.
   • 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in RAIL, page 54:

     We trialled a new ultraviolet system that runs under the handrail of an escalator, killing the virus. We are rolling that out at more than 100 stations.

Translations

rail which can be held

• Arabic: دَرَابْزُون m (darābzūn)
• Armenian: բազրիք (hy) (bazrikʻ), ճաղաշար (hy) (čaġašar)
• Azerbaijani: məhəccər, sürahi (az)
• Belarusian: парэ́нча f (parénča), по́ручань m (póručanʹ), бі́льцы m pl (bílʹcy)
• Bulgarian: пери́ло (bg) n (perílo)
• Burmese: နရန်း (my) (na.ran:), လက်တန်း (my) (laktan:), လက်ရန်း (my) (lak-ran:)
• Catalan: arrambador (ca) m, barana (ca) f, passamà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扶手 (zh) (fúshǒu)

• Czech: zábradlí n
• Danish: gelænder
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: käsipuu
• Faroese: rimaverk n, rimagirðing n
• Finnish: kaide (fi), käsijohde
• French: rambarde (fr) f, main courante (fr) f
• Georgian: მოაჯირი (ka) (moaǯiri)
• German: Geländer (de) n, Handlauf (de) m
• Greek: κάγκελο (el) n (kágkelo), κουπαστή (el) f (koupastí)
• Hindi: डंडा (hi) m (ḍaṇḍā), रेलिंग (hi) (reliṅg)
• Hungarian: korlát (hu), kapaszkodó (hu)
• Icelandic: handrið (is) n
• Ingrian: käsipuu
• Italian: corrimano (it) m, ringhiera (it) f, balaustra (it) f, parapetto (it) m
• Japanese: 手摺 (ja) (てすり, tesuri), 手すり (てすり, tesuri), 欄干 (ja) (らんかん, rankan)
• Kapampangan: guyabnan
• Khmer: បង្កាន់ (bɑngkan), បង្កាន់ដៃ (bɑngkan day), ភ្នាក់ដៃ (phnĕək day), ដៃជណ្ដើរ (day cŭəndaə)
• Korean: 난간 (ko) (nan'gan), 란간 (ran'gan) (North Korea)
• Lithuanian: turėklas (lt) m
• Macedonian: геле́ндер m (gelénder), парапе́т m (parapét)
• Maltese: poġġaman
• Maori: puringa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekkverk, gelender n

  Nynorsk: rekkverk, gelender

• Ottoman Turkish: طرابزان (tarabizan)
• Plautdietsch: Wolm m
• Polish: poręcz (pl) f
• Portuguese: corrimão (pt) m
• Romanian: mână curentă (ro) f
• Russian: пери́ла (ru) n pl (períla), по́ручень (ru) m (póručenʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ру̏кохва̄т m

  Roman: rȕkohvāt (sh) m

• Slovak: zábradlie n
• Slovene: ograja (sl) f
• Spanish: pasamano (es) m, barandilla (es) f, baranda (es) f, rastel m, barandado m, barandal m, barandaje m
• Swedish: ledstång c, räcke (sv) n
• Tagalog: gabay
• Thai: ราว (th) (raao)
• Turkish: tırabzan (tr)
• Ukrainian: пери́ла n pl (perýla), пору́ччя n (porúččja), по́ручень m (póručenʹ), би́льце (uk) n (býlʹce)
• Vietnamese: tay vịn (vi), thanh vịn

moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support

• Hungarian: kapaszkodószalag, gumikorlát

See also

• balustrade
• banister
• handhold
• railing

 

Anagrams

• hard nail