railingnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈreɪ.lɪŋ/us/ˈreɪ.lɪŋ/a vertical post, usually metal or wooden, that is used together with other such posts to form a fence:
Tourists pressed their faces against the palace railings.
US the row of posts at the side of stairs and the wooden or metal bar on top of them:
staircase railings
Synonym
banister
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Parts of buildings: fences & rails
- balustrade
- banister
- barbed wire
- barricade
- barrier
- chain-link fence
- crush barrier
- fence
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- fencing
- gatepost
- hoarding
- paling
- palisade
- picket fence
- picture rail
- rail
- sandbag
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