Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a railroad, a rail which has the foot-flanges wide-spreading, the web vertical, and the head bulb-shaped.
- noun A horizontal wooden bar underneath a car-seat for the passengers who occupy the next seat behind to rest their feet on.
- noun In cabinet-making, a crosspiece, brace, or tie near the floor, as in some chairs, tables, etc.
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Examples
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When his Agent called the Cryerer was in the fetal position under a bar in Manhattan Beach, a cold brass foot-rail bumping rhythmically against his forehead.
The Cryerer Jim Hanas 2009
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When his Agent called the Cryerer was in the fetal position under a bar in Manhattan Beach, a cold brass foot-rail bumping rhythmically against his forehead.
The Cryerer 2009
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Inspector Anthony McCall tried to balance his prodigious bulk on the tiny circumference of the bar stool, thought better of it, and stood instead, one shoe on the foot-rail, and both elbows on the freshly wiped surface of the bar.
Hide And Seek Rankin, Ian 1990
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He sipped his whisky and eased his foot on to the foot-rail of the bar.
Funeral In Berlin Deighton, Len, 1929- 1964
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"I can't see him very good," said Freddie, and he gave a little jump up from the foot-rail on which he was standing.
The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City Laura Lee Hope
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Angelica curled herself up on the end of his bed, and leant against the foot-rail.
The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand
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Clearly not; for that would not account for the sheet and blanket being dragged so carefully out of the range of his hands, and hung over the foot-rail so that they touched the floor.
Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour
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And then he hitched it to the foot-rail where I couldn't help seeing it every time I looked that way.
Heart of Gold Ruth Alberta Brown
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He was aghast at this abyss of money-spending into which he had leaped, and the Brass-button Man was suspiciously wondering what this person wanted of him; but they crossed to the adjacent saloon, a New York corner saloon, which of course "glittered" with a large mirror, heaped glasses, and a long shining foot-rail on which, in bravado, Mr. Wrenn placed his
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918
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The bed was a fine old four-poster, with a carved foot-rail.
The Fire Within 1913
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