rail

noun

1. A bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
2. A structural member or support
3. Railing
4. A light structure serving as a guard at the outer edge of a ship's deck
5. A fence bounding a racetrack
6. A bar of rolled steel forming a track for wheeled vehicles
7. Track
8. Railroad

verb

1. To provide with a railing} {sx

noun

1. Any of numerous wading birds (family Rallidae, the rail family) that are of small or medium size and have short rounded wings, a short tail, and usually very long toes which enable them to run on the soft mud of marshes

verb

1. To revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language

noun

1. One that makes logs into fence rails

noun

1. A railing in front of an altar separating the chancel from the body of the church

noun

1. A molding on a wall around a room to protect the wall from being damaged by the backs of chairs

   "… had removed the chair rail, thereby eliminating the dado effect …"

noun

1. A grayish-brown long-billed American rail (Rallus longirostris) that inhabits coastal marshes

noun

1. A rail about the mast near the deck to which rigging is belayed

noun

1. A means of urban railway transportation using trolley cars