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guide rail

American  

noun

  1. a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.


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The tractor-trailer overturned and began to go over the guide rail of a bridge, according to New York State Police.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

State police said the bus driver lost control and the bus struck a center guide rail then an embankment and traveled approximately 150 feet into a wooded area before coming to a stop.

From Fox News • Sep. 19, 2021

“People want a guide rail to hang onto, which fiction can provide.”

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017

Part of the undercarriage of the train acts as the motor's fixed coils, while a vertical guide rail in the center of the pathway takes the place of its spinning rotor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Expertly, he maneuvered himself to the guide rail near the center of the room, and caught the spiral.

From Invaders from the Infinite by Campbell, John Wood

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