railing

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, rail +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Noun

railing (plural railings)

1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.

   During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

Usage notes

British use is normally the plural.

Derived terms

• hand railing (in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors)
• guard railing (in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area)
• bridge railing
• stair railings
• wall railing

Translations

fence or barrier

• Armenian: ճաղավանդակ (čaġavandak), բազրիք (hy) (bazrikʻ)
• Basque: baranda
• Bulgarian: парапет (bg) m (parapet)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欄杆 (zh) (lángān)

• Czech: zábradlí n
• Danish: rækværk n
• Dutch: hekwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: kaide (fi), rauta-aita
• French: rampe (fr) (of staircase), barrière (fr) f, clôture (fr) f
• German: Geländer (de) n
• Greek: κιγκλίδα (el) f (kigklída), κιγκλίδωμα (el) n (kigklídoma)
• Hebrew: מַעֲקֶה (he) m (ma'aké)
• Hungarian: korlát (hu)
• Ido: pasamano (io)
• Indonesian: pagar (id)
• Irish: ráille m
• Italian: ringhiera (it) f
• Japanese: 手摺 (ja) (てすり, tesuri), 手すり (てすり, tesuri)
• Latin: cancellī m pl
• Norman: bârrotîns m pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekkverk n, gelender n

  Nynorsk: rekkverk n, gelender n

• Occitan: barralha f, retenedor m, barrièra (oc) f
• Ottoman Turkish: پرمقلق (parmaklık)
• Polish: reling (pl) f
• Portuguese: corrimão (pt) m
• Romanian: balustradă (ro) f
• Russian: пери́ла (ru) n pl (períla), по́ручень (ru) m (póručenʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: callaid f
• Spanish: barandilla (es)
• Swedish: räcke (sv) n, staket (sv) n
• Telugu: కటకటాలు (te) (kaṭakaṭālu)
• Turkish: küpeşte (tr)

Verb

railing

1. present participle and gerund of rail

Anagrams

• airling, glairin, lairing, nargili