rail
noun
[ reɪl ]
• a bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on.
• "a curtain rail"
• a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track.
• "the goods train left the rails"
• the edge of a surfboard or sailboard.
• a horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window.
• a conductor which is maintained at a fixed potential and to which other parts of a circuit are connected.
• "the anode must be connected to the positive supply rail"
rail
verb
• provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails.
• "the altar is railed off from the nave"
• convey (goods) by rail.
• "perishables were railed into Manhattan"
• (in windsurfing) sail the board on its edge.
• "the more you pull down on the boom, the more you rail"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French reille ‘iron rod’, from Latin regula ‘straight stick, rule’.
rail
verb
• complain or protest strongly and persistently about.
• "he railed at human fickleness"
Similar:
protest strongly at,
make a protest against,
fulminate against,
inveigh against,
rage against,
thunder against,
declaim against,
remonstrate about,
expostulate about,
make a fuss about,
speak out against,
express disapproval of,
criticize severely,
denounce,
censure,
condemn,
object to,
raise objections to,
take issue with,
oppose strongly,
disagree violently with,
kick against,
take great exception to,
make/take a stand against,
put up a fight against,
challenge,
kick up a fuss/stink about,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French railler, from Provençal ralhar ‘to jest’, based on an alteration of Latin rugire ‘to bellow’.
rail
noun
• a secretive bird with drab grey and brown plumage, typically having a long bill and found in dense waterside vegetation.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old Northern French raille, perhaps of imitative origin.
sora
noun
• a common small brown and grey American crake (bird), frequenting marshes.
Origin:
early 18th century: probably from a North American Indian language.
