railing
/ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/
railing adjective: that rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining. Also the present participle and gerund of rail.
Adjective
railing (comparative more railing, superlative most railing)
- That rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining.
- Why does that railing man go with us?1647, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher·, The CoxComb
- The daring of the railing reviler should be checked with moderation, i.e. as a duty of charity, and not through lust for one's own honour.1918, Saint Thomas (Aquinas), The "Summa Theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas, page 288
- Filled with invective and violent complaints
- Petrus de Pilichdorf (in the year 1395, as he himself gives the date, cap 30,) writes a book of confutation of the several pretended errors of the Waldenses of this time in thirty-six chapters, but has nothing of baptism; though he descends to speak of many lesser matters, and aggravates all with...1844, William Wall, The history of infant-baptism, page 267
- Such was the case of the 'very railing speeches against the justices' by Thomas Holman, vintner, of Terling, Essex, when he was presented in 1608 'for a common drunkard and for keeping ill rule in his house'.2010, David Cressy, Dangerous Talk, page 27
- Blowing violently.
- But scatter to the railing wind Each gloomy phantom of the mind!1820, Anacreon, Odes of Anacreon - Volume 2, page 45
- Had I a garden, claustral yews Should shut out railing wind,1906, Alfred Austin, The Garden that I Love, page 113
Noun
railing (plural railings)
- A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
- During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.
- We passed through an inner courtyard overladen with fake wrought-iron railings and accents badly in need of a paint job, evoking a kind of Woolworth's Vieux Carré.1989, The Advocate, numbers 515-521, page 28
Also used as
railing is also the present participle and gerund of rail.
railing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
railing in Hindi
- रेलिंग
railing in Tamil
- ரெய்லிங், ரெயிலிங்
railing in Marathi
- रेलिंग
railing in Urdu
- ریلنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- railing in Bengali
- রেলিং, রেইলিং, রেলিং করা
- railing in Telugu
- కటకటాలు kaṭakaṭālu
- railing in Malayalam
- റെയിലിംഗ്, റെയിലിങ്
- railing in Kannada
- ರೆಯ್ಲಿಂಗ್, ರೆಯಿಲಿಂಗ್, ರೈಲಿಂಗ್
- railing in Punjabi
- ਰੇਲਿੰਗ
- railing in Gujarati
- રેલિંગ
- railing in Odia
- ରେଲିଂ, ରେଲିଙ୍ଗ, ରେଳିଂ
- railing in Nepali
- रेलिङ, रेलिंग
- railing in Indonesian
- pagar
Examples of railing in a sentence
- A clamorous, debating, railing woman feels the need to have the last word.2013, Paige Coleman, Delivering Women from the Snares of Death, page 52:
- On Anger's self-awareness of the originality of writing as a railing woman, see McManus, "Eve's Dowry," p. 198.2016, Maria Teresa Micaela Prendergast, Railing, Reviling, and Invective in English Literary Culture, 1588-1617:
- Beginning way back in October, one railing storm after another had swept down off the Bitterroot Mountains and into the valley where the Rocking R had stood for three generations.2015, Rosanne Croft, Linda Reinhardt, Sharon Bernash Smith, Once Upon a Christmas:
Forms of railing
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more railing |
| superlative | most railing |
| Noun | |
| plural | railings |
Origin of railing
By surface analysis, rail + -ing.
Words formed from railing
- bridge railing
- guard railing
- handrailing
- hand railing
- railinged
- railingless
- stair railings
- wall railing
- railingly
Phrases with railing
Words that rhyme with railing
Questions about railing
- What does railing mean?
- Railing means that rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining.
- What is railing in Hindi?
- Railing in Hindi is रेलिंग. See Railing meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use railing in a sentence?
- A clamorous, debating, railing woman feels the need to have the last word.
- What part of speech is railing?
- Railing can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce railing?
- Railing is pronounced /ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/.
Words near railing in the dictionary
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