railing
noun
[ ˈreɪlɪŋ ]
• a fence or barrier made of rails.
• "wrought-iron railings"
Similar:
fence,
fencing,
rail(s),
paling,
palisade,
balustrade,
banister,
hurdle,
barrier,
parapet,
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’.
