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单词 railed
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railedadj.

Brit. /reɪld/, U.S. /reɪld/
Forms: late Middle English railit, late Middle English railled, late Middle English raylid, late Middle English 1600s rayled, late Middle English–1500s raylyd, 1600s– railed.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rail n.2, -ed suffix2; rail v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < rail n.2 + -ed suffix2, and partly < rail v.2 (although this is first attested slightly later in the relevant sense: see rail v.2 2) + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Enclosed or skirted by a rail, railing, handrail, banister, etc.; fenced, fenced off.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by railings
railed1639
inrailed1682
railinged1843
railed-in1892
railinged off1919
a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 820 This yerd was large, and rayled [v.r. railled] all th' aleyes.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 59 A Rhinoceros within the empaled or railed enclosure called Septa.
1639 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 58 One litle parcell of meadow..within a Rayled neck of Land.
1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xi. 418 Some in their coffins on light railed cars.
1780 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Gangway is also that part of a ship's side..by which the passengers enter and depart. It is for this purpose provided with a sufficient number of steps..and sometimes furnished with a railed accommodation-ladder.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 205 The railed inclosure of the altar.
1894 Daily News 26 Mar. 5/4 Our old coaching inns, with their roomy yards and railed galleries.
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 125 Mother and son went into the small railed garden.
1993 F. Collymore Mark learns Another Lesson 81 The school, a two-storeyed building with an overhanging railed gallery like so many others in and near the city, was right on the street.
b. With adverbs, as railed-in, railed-off.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > having (a) railing(s)
inrailed1682
railed-off1813
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by railings
railed1639
inrailed1682
railinged1843
railed-in1892
railinged off1919
1813 M. Edgeworth Let. 19 Apr. (1971) 19 Railed-in nice gardens, little nooky green spots.
1859 All Year Round 21 May 90/2 A railed-off altar at the far end.
1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 97 A woman..standing before a railed-in grave.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 23 Aug. 364/4 A railed-off enclosure.
1977 J. Bingham Marriage Bureau Murders viii. 109 A quiet square with a railed-in garden in the middle.
2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. viii. 110 I'd done it before, in daylight, scrambling onto a railed-off promenade and sitting, under that stream of sound, waiting for the tide to turn.
2. Constructed with or travelling on rails; (esp. of a road, track, etc.) laid with rails.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [adjective] > laid with rails
railed1766
1766 Hist. Inland Navigations 51 The coals are brought..to this passage or canal, in little low waggons.., and as the work is on the descent, are easily pushed by a man, on a railed way, to a stage over the canal.
1800 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 235 A waggon way or Railed Road for conveying stone from the quarry.
1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 148 A railed fence was within a few yards of us.
1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Graffage, a railed fence at the junction of two ditches.
1908 Times 6 Oct. 4/1 There were no railed roads then to carry mails and passengers.
1938 Burlington Mag. July 37 A pair of bowls decorated..with inside a Chinese scholar, outside four Chinese ladies passing by a railed fence.
1990 A. Boyle Ayrshire Heritage 48 Although railed tramways had been in use in various parts of the country from the middle of the 18th century, generally in connection with coal mines, the first true railway in Scotland was the line from Kilmarnock to Troon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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