railed

English

Verb

railed

1. simple past and past participle of rail

Adjective

railed (not comparable)

1. Furnished with a rail or railing.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     Tullis Street is the name and 40 the number. Here it is, one of a row, flat-faced, dull-coloured and commonplace, with railed steps leading up to a discoloured door, and one front-room window, in which a huge gilt-edged Bible upon a small round table reassures the timid visitor.

Derived terms

• unrailed

Anagrams

• Adriel, Dariel, Lérida, derail, dialer, earlid, laired, re-laid, redial, relaid