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running rails

running rails is the plural of running rail.

Meaning of running rail

Noun

running rail (plural running rails)

  1. (plural-normally) One of the two rails of a railway track with which the wheels of a train make contact.
    • In order to reduce noise to a minimum, the running rails have been welded into 315 ft. lengths.1940 December, “Notes and News: Waterloo & City Tube Modernisation”, in Railway Magazine, page 668
  2. A fence which marks the inside edge of a racecourse track.

Questions about running rails

What is running rails the plural of?
Running rails is the plural of running rail.

Words near running rails in the dictionary

  1. running over
  2. running past
  3. running point
  4. running powers
  5. running rail
  6. running rails
  7. running rampant
  8. running rein
  9. running reins
  10. running rigging
  11. running riggings

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