Synonyms:
railing, rail
Meaning: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
Usage examples
"Andy Foger!" exclaimed Ned, peering over the railing.
The exile, my darling pet, is like the railing, emaciated!
But as soon as his hands seized the railing, he was thrown backward in his turn.
But when the first islander laid hands on the companionway railing, he was flung backward by some invisible power, lord knows what!
A long flight of steps, with iron railing at the side, led down from the front door, upon which a silver plate had for generations in decorous flourishes announced the name of Terry.
"Oh!" said Graham, and after an equally ineffectual attempt at the other man, went to the railing and stared at the distant men in white, who stood watching him and whispering together.
Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge our selves by railing at it; and yet it is not absolutely railing against anything to proclaim its defects, because they are in all things to be found, how beautiful or how much to be coveted soever.
But we got over the narrow bridge without meeting more than one man, who climbed over the railing and seemed less anxious to meet us than we were to meet him. As soon as we got on the road again, those mules, with preliminary kicks and shakes of their big heads, began to demonstrate how fast they could go.