Definition: 1. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. 2. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll. 3. A horizontal bar.
Use 'rail' in a sentence:
1. She leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea.
2. The frames are secured by horizontal rails to the back wall.
3. This pair of curtains will fit a rail up to 7ft 6in wide.
4. The rail strike is a problem for all commuters.
5. Mexico City has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.
6. There remains considerable doubt over when the intended high-speed rail link will be complete.
7. Between 1990 and 1998, road haulage increased by 19.4%, while during the same period rail haulage decreased by 43.5%.
8. Several cars went off the rails.
9. An underutilized location smack in the heart of Manhattan is the 33rd Street rail yard.
10. The rail strike is causing major disruptions at the country's ports.
11. I'd cursed him and railed at him.
12. The train jumped the rail.
13. Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.
14. 90% of managers wanted to see more freight carried by rail.
15. He railed against hypocrisy and greed.
16. Our plans were thrown into disarray by the rail strike.
17. His home city of Sacramento, California should see the technology's first test as part of the upgrading of its rail yard.
18. Martin helped Tanya over the rail.
19. The company has gone badly off the rails in recent years.
20. They've got to do something about these children because clearly they've gone off the rails.
21. There's a good British Rail link at Clapham Junction.
22. British Rail has indeed become more commercial over the past decade.
23. She railed against the injustice of it all.
24. This pair of curtains will fit a rail up to 7 ft 6 in wide.
25. Today rail freight services are facing marginalisation, with just 8% of market share.
26. She was conscious of a second man hanging on to the rail.
27. State rail firms have the ability to foil smaller rivals and new entrants.
28. They had to walk across an emergency footbridge, holding onto a rope that served as a rail.
29. She slid her hand along the rail.
30. Raw materials and labour come by ship , rail or road.
31. There is more to the rivalry between rail and air than the experience in transit.
32. The president travelled by rail to his home town.
33. British Rail says its new Liverpool Street station is the shape of things to come.
34. By the Nizamuddin rail tracks, a gaggle of children warm themselves on a chilly night by burning scraps of wood.
35. The train left the rails but somehow forced its way back onto the line.
36. Unlike the European car industry, the European rail industry is not far behind Japan.
37. They are keen to get the negotiating process back on the rails.
38. The goods have been consigned by rail.
39. Ticket prices include your flight and onward rail journey.
40. She gripped the hand rail in the lift.
41. the conveyance of goods by rail.
42. She was holding onto the rail to keep her balance.
43. Crossing a small wooden bridge, we left the rail tracks to have a drink.
44. She leaned out over the railing.
45. Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics have all been reporting better than expected results.
46. British Rail immediately hit back with their own cheap fares scheme.
47. However, the arrival of the steam engine initiated a complete transformation in rail transportation, entrenching and expanding the Industrial Revolution.
48. She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail.
49. She gripped on to the railing with both hands.
50. Local pressure groups forced a referendum over whether to spend the money on light rail instead.
51. The president traveled by rail to his home town.
52. The child hung onto the rail like grim death.
53. Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.
54. The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport.
55. Almost all the world's freight goes by sea, rail, and road.
56. Her career is back on the rails.
57. The rail pass will pay for itself after about two trips.
58. The rail proposal won and the railway worked spectacularly well.
59. This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail.
60. Huge sections of the rail network are out of action.
61. The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.
62. It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
63. The rail company said it expected services to get slowly back to normal.
64. The rail strike is a bit of a pain.
65. With the exception of South Africa, the only light rail metro system in sub-Saharan Africa is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
66. Special bus and rail services are being laid on to cater for the crowds.
