Definition of Railing

Noun: railing  rey-(u-)ling

  1. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
    - rail
     
  2. Material for making rails or rails collectively
Verb: rail  reyl
  1. Complain bitterly
    - inveigh
     
  2. Enclose with rails
    "rail in the old graves";
    - rail in
     
  3. (architecture) provide with rails
    "The yard was railed"
     
  4. Separate with a railing
    "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace";
    - rail off
     
  5. Convey (goods etc.) by rails
    "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
     
  6. Travel by rail or train
    "They railed from Rome to Venice";
    - train
     
  7. Lay with rails
    "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
     
  8. Fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
    "They are railing for fresh fish"
     
  9. Spread negative information about
    "The Nazi propaganda railed the Jews";
    - vilify, revile, vituperate
     
  10. Criticize severely
    "She railed against the bad social policies";
    - fulminate

See also:
railheads
railings

Anagrams containing the word railing

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