rail

Definitions

1. An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
   obsolete
2. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
3. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
4. Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
   obsolete
5. The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
6. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
7. A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
8. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
9. One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
10. A vertical section on one side of a web page.
    Internet
11. A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
12. Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
13. The raised edge of the game board.

Equivalents

37 more languages

العربيةالسكّةسلكقضيبمشجب+ 1 more

Беларускаярэйка

Българскидърдавец

Bosanskisinsinatračnicaтрачницашина+ 2 more

Catalàbaranacarril

Češtinakolejkolejekolejnicezábradlí+ 1 more

Cymraegrhegen

Danskskinne

Ελληνικάκάγκελοράγασιδηροδρομικόςσιδηροτροχιά+ 1 more

Esperantorelo

فارسیریل

SuomiaidatahaukkuahuittihyökätäkaideKiskoparrasrääkkiäinenrantakanaratakiskoreilatavaahdota+ 9 more

Gàidhligrèile

Galegovía

עבריתהתלונן

हिन्दीट्रेनपटरी

Hrvatskisinsinatračnicaтрачницашина+ 2 more

Magyarsín

Հայերենռելս

Bahasa Indonesiamandar

Italianoasta divisoriabalaustrabarrabattagliolacorrimanodivisoriogratainferriatainveirelamentarsiparapettoporciglionerallorecriminareringhierarotaia+ 13 more

日本語こねるレール手すり手摺水鶏秧鶏線路罵る+ 5 more

ភាសាខ្មែររេណបថ

한국어레루레일선로

Kurdîkahokolejrayşîn+ 1 more

Latinarallus

Te Reo Māorikaho

Nederlandsrailralregel

Polskikolejkolejnyporęczramiakszynaszynowy+ 3 more

Portuguêscarrilcorrimãoferroviarailtrilho+ 2 more

Românășină

Русскийпастушокперекла́динаперилапопере́чинапорученьрельсругать+ 4 more

Српскиsinsinatračnicaтрачницашина+ 2 more

Svenskajärnvägräckeraljerarälsrelingskällaskenaslåsmädaspröjståga+ 8 more

ไทยรางร่างราว

Türkçeray

Українськазалізничнийпутьрейка

Examples

“Old Applegate, in the stern, just set⟳ and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help⟳. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab⟳ hold⟳ of the skiff's rail, close⟳ to the stern.”

“A "moving platform" scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use⟳ side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow⟳ passengers to switch⟳ trains by stepping through docking bays.”

“We travelled to the seaside by rail.”

“a small Scottish village not accessible by rail”

“rail transport⟳”

“ISA devices draw⟳ power from the +5 V, −5 V, +12 V, and −12 V rails of the power supply⟳ unit.”

“There has been another, fairly gradual change⟳ in the ATX specification: Initially a lot of power was supplied on the 5V and 3.3V rails, but over time more and more power shifted to 12V because it's more efficient. Modern (ATX12V 2.x) PSUs supply⟳ most of their power on the 12V rail and not a lot on the 5V rail, which means a modern PSU may not be able to supply⟳ an old board⟳, unless it's a really beefy PSU—because providing 500W on the 12V rail is of very little use⟳ to an AT or early ATX system.”

“Rails alone can only ever have⟳ a marginal effect on a board's general turning ability.”

“We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.”

“Do a couple rails and chase⟳ your own⟳ tail”

“A course hempen raile about her shoulders.”

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