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rail ¹

l) KEY

NOUN:

1. A bar extending horizontally between supports, as in a fence.
2. A structure made of such bars and supports and forming a barrier or guard; a railing.
A steel bar used, usually in pairs, as a track for railroad cars or other wheeled vehicles.
The railroad as a means of transportation: goods transported by rail.
A horizontal framing member in a door or in paneling.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
railed , rail·ing , rails

To supply or enclose with rails or a rail.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English raile, from Old French reille, from Latin rgula, straight piece of wood, ruler; see reg- in Indo-European roots

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