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# railing

«railing» in Mova's school dictionary: **A fence or barrier made of metal or wooden bars, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a railing, railings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fence or barrier made of metal or wooden bars, often along stairs, a bridge or a balcony, to stop people falling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#m1)

2) A single bar that you can hold on to, like a handrail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety, railings keep people safe on stairs, balconies, bridges and near water; pupils learn to hold the railing and never climb over it. Railings are also put around parks and buildings. Phrases: hold the railing, lean on the railing, iron railings.

### examples

- Hold the railing when you go down the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x1)
- Do not climb on the balcony railing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x2)
- The park has black iron railings around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x3)
- We leaned on the railing to watch the boats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x4)
- The bridge railing stops people falling into the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x5)
- He tied his bike to the railings outside the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x6)
- Paint the railings before the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x7)
- People used to stop and peep through the railings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/#x8)

### note

Countable; often plural: "the railings". Safety: never sit on, climb over or lean too far over a railing; never stick your head between the bars. Related: "handrail", "rail".

### In the corpora

- [Salt from sea spray or from gritted winter roads makes iron rust faster, so cars and railings by the sea rust quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/13-rust-irons-slow-fire/12/)
- [Never stand on a chair or climb anything on a balcony, because you could fall over the railing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «railing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/railing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.