RAIL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English: from Old French reille ‘iron rod’, from Latin regula ‘straight stick, rule’

a bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on

bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to wall or ceiling

• a curtain rail

a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track

steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on ground as one of pair forming railway track

• the goods train left the rails

the edge of a surfboard or sailboard.

edge of surfboard or sailboard

a horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window.

horizontal piece in frame of panelled door or sash window

a conductor which is maintained at a fixed potential and to which other parts of a circuit are connected

conductor which is maintained at fixed potential and to which other parts of circuit are connected

• the anode must be connected to the positive supply rail

provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails

provide or enclose space or place with rail or rails

• the altar is railed off from the nave

convey (goods) by rail

convey goods by rail

• perishables were railed into Manhattan

(in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge

(in windsurfing) sail board on its edge

• the more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail