side railn.
/ˈsʌɪd reɪl/, U.S. /ˈsaɪd ˌreɪl/ A rail placed or fixed at the side of something.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > vertical piece
rave1530
stowera1642
side rail1649
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > railing > types of
gratea1400
handrail1793
side rail1852
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at sides
lee-rail1513
waist1667
sheer-rail1769
rough-tree rail1780
foot rail1781
waist-rail1804
side rail1903
1649 Several Speeches upon Scaffold 21 Turning to the side-raile [of the scaffold], he prayed for a good space of time.
1684 J. B. tr. G. Pontier New Surv. Europe 226 Its Bridge on the Rhine..seems to me dangerous, because it has no side-Rail.
1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery App. 331 Let an assistant, standing on the side rail of a brake,..raise the horse's tail very gently.
1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 437 Geering, the ladders and side rails of a waggon.
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 34 By means of a crooked side-rail, bending archwise over the hind wheel, the bodies..are kept low.
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 132 Placing gates and side-rails to those marshes.
1903 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 571 I leaned against the side-rail [of the yacht] beside her.
1971 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 71 1766/3 The patient unscrewed the siderails [of the bed] and let them slam down.
2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Aug. a14/3 The object of this miniaturized billiards was to get those wooden rings into the side pockets by caroming them off other rings or off the side rails.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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