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  • 51rail — English has three words rail. The oldest, ‘rod, bar’ [13], comes via Old French reille ‘iron bar’ from Latin rēgula ‘straight stick, rod’, source of English regular and rule. The bird name rail [15] goes back via Old Northern French raille to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 52rail — {{11}}rail (n.1) bar, early 14c., from O.Fr. reille, from V.L. *regla, from L. regula straight stick, dim. form related to regere to straighten, guide (see RIGHT (Cf. right)). Used figuratively for thinness from 1872. Technically, railings (late… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 53rail — rail1 [reɪl] noun 1》 a bar or bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a fence or barrier or used to hang things on. 2》 a steel bar or line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 54rail — I n 1. horizontal bar, log rail; train or railroad track, third rail. 2. railing, balusters, banister, fence. See railing. II v Often rail at or against denounce, inveigh against, declaim against, attack, assail; criticize, condemn, denunciate,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 55raíl — {{#}}{{LM R32721}}{{〓}} {{SynR33512}} {{[}}raíl{{]}} ‹ra·íl› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Carril de las vías férreas. {{<}}2{{>}} Carril o guía sobre los que se desplaza algo: • Las puertas correderas se mueven sobre raíles.{{○}}… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 56rail — English has three words rail. The oldest, ‘rod, bar’ [13], comes via Old French reille ‘iron bar’ from Latin rēgula ‘straight stick, rod’, source of English regular and rule. The bird name rail [15] goes back via Old Northern French raille to… …

    Word origins

  • 57rail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English raile, from Anglo French raille, reille bar, rule, from Latin regula straightedge, rule more at rule Date: 14th century 1. a. a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 58rail — Synonyms and related words: L, attack, baluster, balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, bawl out, berate, bottle up, boundary, box up, branch, bulkhead in, cable railway, cage, censure, check, chew out, cloister, cog railway, condemn, confine,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 59rail — bėgis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. rail vok. Schiene, f rus. рельс, m pranc. rail, m …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 60RAIL — n. m. Mot emprunté de l’anglais. Chacune des deux bandes de fer ou d’acier poli sur lesquelles roulent les trains ou les tramways. L’écartement des rails. La locomotive a quitté les rails, est sortie des rails. Il se dit, par extension, du… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)