railing

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

railing (plural railings)

1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.

   During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

British use is normally the plural.

• hand railing (in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors)
• guard railing (in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area)
• bridge railing
• stair railings
• wall railing

railing

1. present participle and gerund of rail

• airling, glairin, lairing, nargili