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railing

[ rey-ling ]

noun

  1. a fencelike barrier composed of one or more horizontal rails supported by widely spaced uprights; balustrade.
  2. rails collectively.


railing

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. often plural a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
  2. rails collectively or material for making rails
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of railing1

First recorded in 1350–1400; rail 1 + -ing 1
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In a video message to a US conservative conference in February, she echoed some of Trump's common talking points, railing against mass migration, "globalist elites" and "woke ideology".

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Then he played his equivalent of his greatest hits — railing against billionaires like Elon Musk.

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However, it said that these options would be "costly", adding that placing a railing around the artwork "may increase risk".

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Hundreds of local Estonians waited in the cold to meet the prince in Tallinn, lining the railings to shake his hand or to take a selfie.

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This was an echo of the criticism Vance made in Munich, railing against European regulations on artificial intelligence and social media platforms.

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