Definition of handrail
: a narrow rail for grasping with the hand as a support
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Someone had taped up a sign made of deconstructed cardboard boxes along a handrail lining the sidewalk.
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Shrager suggests one with wide steps and treads and perhaps even a safety bar handrail.
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Made of oak hardwood, the risers, treads, and handrail are stained in contrasting tones.
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Leaning against a handrail next to the East River, the duo wrapped their arms around each other in front of parkgoers.
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Other fir details are the handrail on the short staircase leading to the master bedroom, the sills and ledges, and the built-in desk in the wife’s office.
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Jeffrey Englert reportedly jumped from an escalator going down and tried to grab the handrail of one going up.
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Among them: no handrails on some ramps and the Marsh Island bridge, ramps too steep or tilted for wheelchairs, uneven changes in the 2-mile exercise path, ill-fitted restrooms, a lack of signs for handicap access and improper curb cuts.
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The board’s legal filing said Christenbury was unable to walk straight last Oct. 20 and banged into a metal handrail on a ramp leading to the back door of his practice.
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First Known Use of handrail
1675
HANDRAIL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of handrail for English Language Learners
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: a narrow bar placed on the side of a walkway or a flight of stairs that you can hold as you walk
HANDRAIL Defined for Kids
Definition of handrail for Students
: a rail to be grasped by the hand for support
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