lock rail

American  

noun

1. the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.

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Etymology

Origin of lock rail

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

One of the earliest and simplest was the six-panel single door with three stiles of about equal width, top and frieze rail about the same, bottom rail somewhat wider and lock rail about double the width of the frieze rail.

From Project Gutenberg

As found in the farmhouses of Germantown and thereabouts, notably Wyck, Glen Fern, the Green Tree Inn and the Johnson and Billmeyer houses, these six-panel doors were split horizontally through the lock rail, dividing them into an upper and lower part.

From Project Gutenberg

As is well shown by the door of the Perot-Morris house, the fourth rail was the broad lock rail, and as in those days the latch was often separate, it was frequently placed on the rail above, and hence often referred to as the latch rail.

From Project Gutenberg

The panel arrangement consisted of three pairs of nearly square panels above the lock rail and one pair twice as high below.

From Project Gutenberg

One notices at once the strange placing of the knob at the top rather than in the middle of the lock rail, and the footscraper in a separate block of marble in the sidewalk at one side of the marble steps, the inference being that one should scrupulously wipe his feet before approaching the door.

From Project Gutenberg