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What (who) is Rail - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Rail (disambiguation); RAIL; Rails (disambiguation); RAIL (disambiguation); Rail (film); Rails
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.
rail
I
n.
barrier, handrail
1) at the rail (to stand at the rail)
2) (to jump) over the rail
3) (misc.) to hold on to a rail
II
v. (d; intr.) ('to complain') to rail against, at
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Examples of use of Rail
1. Rail National Rail resumed service but there was continued disruption.
2. Network Rail operates as a regulated monopoly, currently overseen by the Strategic Rail Authority, and monitored by the Office of Rail Regulation.
3. Rail services across western India suffered after rail tracks in some areas were submerged under water.
4. Afterwards, as rail regulators, franchise directors, strategic rail authorities and rail directorates ran out of control, oversight burgeoned to 1,000 officials and as many so–called consultants.
5. The company has received three reports of the side rail spindles separating from the top rail.