check rail

American

Or checkrail

noun

(in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.

Etymology

Origin of check rail

First recorded in 1875–80

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check rail

The plan proposes a testing process that would check rail cars every eight days for a wheel defect that has afflicted several of Metro’s 7000-series cars over the past four years.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021

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