railing

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ˈɹeɪlɪŋ]

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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.

Usage notes

British use is normally the plural.

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.

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, nargili