headrail
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editheadrail (plural headrails)
- The supporting rail of a blind (such as a Venetian blind) that encloses its mechanism; a headbox.
- (nautical) A railing, on a sailing ship, behind the figurehead.
- (nautical, slang, obsolete, in the plural) A person's tooth.
- 2011, Frederick Chamier, Life of a Sailor, page 148:
- Initially, our man was the favourite, the boat's crew cheering him on as usual: 'Now my boy! Knock out his head rails' . . .
References
edit- (teeth): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary