meeting rail

American  

noun

1. (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.

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Example Sentences

In a September board meeting, rail authority Chief Executive Brian Kelly outlined that the infrastructure bill contained about $21 billion of new funding on top of existing appropriations that the authority could pursue.

From Los Angeles Times

Grant Shapps said he would be meeting rail bosses this week to determine how to "sustain" services amid falling passenger numbers.

From BBC

She probably would’ve remained a government worker if she hadn’t overheard lawmakers in a legislative committee meeting rail against “anchor babies” — children born in the United States to parents in the country illegally.

From Los Angeles Times

WEATHERSTRIPPING—All double-hung windows shall be weatherstripped with "Chamberlain" No. 100-A Zinc Heavy-Duty, full-sash units, with protection at head, meeting rail & sill.

From Project Gutenberg