railing 1 of 2

as in rail
a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports they had to put a childproof railing on the balcony when the baby started walking

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railing

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verb

present participle of rail

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Recent Examples of railing
Noun
Videos posted online and obtained by KDKA appear to show the man leaping from his seat in excitement while holding the railing and tumbling to the field below. Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 May 2025 The plazas have utilised the truss-work pattern, (and) the railings and concrete benches. Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 May 2025 Even the queue railings look like Jerry has made them from ear buds and bits of rope. Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 Clark signed autographs well beyond both baselines, her John Hancock filling up the length of the gym for fans draped over the railing behind the benches. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for railing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railing
Noun
  • The largest high-speed rail project in the country has released new images of its progress on infrastructure in Central Valley in California.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fires them from portable rails or from racks on trucks, and the small pulse rocket on the bottom of each drone slams it to cruise speed before falling off.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • Last week, Fox premiered the new comedy Going Dutch, about a ranting conservative father (Denis Leary) forced to reconnect with his estranged liberal daughter (Taylor Misiak).
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Pats addressed two of their biggest needs, but instead in Tuesday’s paper there’s me, smiling in my headshot and ranting in print, a clueless dope.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2024

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“Railing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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