railing

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Noun

railing (plural railings)

1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.

   During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

Derived terms

• hand railing is in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors.
• guard railing is in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area.

Usage notes

British use is normally the plural.

Translations

fence or barrier

• Armenian: ճաղավանդակ (čałavandak)
• Basque: baranda
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欄杆 (zh), 栏杆 (zh) (lángān)

• Czech: zábradlí n
• Dutch: hekwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: kaide (fi)
• French: rampe (fr) (of staircase)
• German: Geländer (de) n
• Greek: κιγκλίδα f (kigklída)
• Hebrew: מַעֲקֶה‎ (he) m (ma'aké)
• Ido: pasamano (io)

• Irish: ráille m
• Japanese: 手摺 (てすり, tesuri), 手すり (てすり, tesuri)
• Norman: bârrotîns m pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekkverk n, gelender n

  Nynorsk: rekkverk n, gelender n

• Polish: reling (pl) f
• Portuguese: corrimão (pt) m
• Romanian: balustrada, mana curenta
• Russian: пери́ла (ru) n pl (períla), по́ручень (ru) m (póručenʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: callaid f
• Telugu: కటకటాలు (te) (kaṭakaṭālu)

Verb

railing

1. present participle of rail

Anagrams

• airling, glairin, lairing