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What (who) is RAILS - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Rail (disambiguation); RAIL; Rails (disambiguation); RAIL (disambiguation); Rail (film); Rails
rails
Rails (magazine)
NEW ZEALAND MAGAZINE
Bob Stott
Rails was a New Zealand-based monthly periodical covering rail transport in New Zealand published by Rails Publishing Ltd from August 1971, which in 1972 changed its name to Southern Press from August 1971 until December 2003. The company was jointly owned by Bob Stott and Robin Bromby; Bob Stott was Editor and ran the editorial content and Robin Bromby was Managing Editor mainly responsible for the business operation.
rail
rail1 [re?l]
¦ noun
1. a bar or bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a fence or barrier or used to hang things on.
2. a steel bar or line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track.
3. railways as a means of transport.
4. a horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window. Compare with stile2.
5. the edge of a surfboard or sailboard.
6. Electronics a conductor which is maintained at a fixed potential and to which other parts of a circuit are connected.
¦ verb
1. provide or enclose with a rail or rails.
2. convey (goods) by rail.
3. (in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge.
Phrases
go off the rails informal begin behaving in an uncontrolled way.
on the rails
1. informal functioning in a normal or regulated way.
2. (of a racehorse or jockey) in a position on the racetrack nearest the inside fence.
Derivatives
railage noun
railless adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. reille 'iron rod', from L. regula 'straight stick, rule'.
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rail2
¦ verb (rail against/at) complain or protest strongly about or to.
Derivatives
railer noun
Origin
ME: from Fr. railler, from Provencal ralhar 'to jest', based on an alt. of L. rugire 'to bellow'.
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rail3
¦ noun a secretive waterside bird with typically drab grey and brown plumage. [Rallus and other genera, family Rallidae.]
Origin
ME: from Old North. Fr. raille, perh. imitative.
Examples of use of RAILS
1. As a royal princess you would expect Beatrice to have rails upon rails of ball gowns.
2. The writ blames the crash on the wheels being squeezed by poorly constructed rails, which forced the flanges to ride up the rails and derail.
3. The staircases are wide, with highly polished brass rails.
4. "He looked towards me then dived across the rails.
5. "The front wheels have come off the rails," he said.