RAIL

I. noun see: rule Date: 14th century 1. a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier, a structural member or support, 2. ~ing 1, a light structure serving as a guard at the outer edge of a ship's deck, a fence bounding a racetrack, 3. a bar of rolled steel forming a track for wheeled vehicles, track , ~road , II. transitive verb Date: 14th century to provide with a ~ing ; fence , III. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French raalle Date: 15th century any of numerous wading birds (family Rallidae, the ~ family) that are of small or medium size and have short rounded wings, a short tail, and usually very long toes which enable them to run on the soft mud of marshes, IV. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French ~ler to mock, probably from Old French reillier to growl, mutter, from Vulgar Latin *ragulare to bray, from Late Latin ragere to neigh Date: 15th century to revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language, see: scold ~er noun