railing
Americannoun
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railings
plural
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a fencelike barrier composed of one or more horizontal rails supported by widely spaced uprights; balustrade.
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rails collectively.
noun
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(often plural) a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
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rails collectively or material for making rails
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Origin of railing
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Snell’s teammates hopped down from the railing to high-five him as he walked through the growing crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Otherwise you’re just railing in impotent fury at the companies frying the planet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Crews were spotted unloading one large black box labeled "40-inch mirror ball" and a large white staircase railing.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Prosecutors dug deep into Rinderknecht’s ChatGPT logs, where he argued with the chatbot while asking it to produce artwork displaying fire and railing against the wealthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Thorn screamed as all three Witchlings leapt to their feet and leaned over the railing.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The singer put his own touch on the home, replacing the iron railings and adding a dance studio to the property.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Near the Hydro a man sits on a scorching day giving nearby railings a fresh coat of paint.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
It’s where, in the early 1990s, the activity evolved out of skate parks and empty swimming pools into a global urban phenomenon that could be done nearly anywhere there were benches, stairs and railings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The palace was home to Prince Charles and his first wife, Diana Princess of Wales, and the commission was for gates and railings separating the house from public gardens.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
The galleries above, with their concrete railings, are for the lower-ranking women, the Marthas, the Econowives in their multicolored stripes.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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