SINCE 1828
pinrail
nounDefinition of pinrail
: a rail or strip fitted with pins or for holding pins: such as
a
: a rail that holds belaying pins
especially
: one along the bulwarks
b
: a beam at one side of a theater stage through which wooden or metal pins are driven and to which lines from the flies are fastened
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