Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The upper rail of a balcony or of a breastwork on the quarter-deck of a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
upper rail of anyparapet of ordinary height, as of abalcony , the railing of aquarterdeck , etc.
Etymologies
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breast + rail
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