Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A narrow railing that is grasped with the hand for support, as on a staircase.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rail or railing resting on balusters or uprights, or otherwise supported and fixed, serving as a guard and support on the edge of a stair, a gallery, a platform, etc.; a rail to hold by.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a rail{1} at the side of staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling; -- shaped so as to be conveniently gripped with the hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a
staircase ,ramp or otherwalkway , and serving as a support or guard.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The bottom handrail is the largest problem because it captures viewers 'attention and leads eyes off the image.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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The bottom handrail is the largest problem because it captures viewers 'attention and leads eyes off the image.
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Let's say you're having a great handrail, which is like 14 stairs, and you want to go for it.
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There was a handrail holding her back from the very edge, and beyond the handrail was a drop of a hundred feet or more.
Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996
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Julian lands insanely hard tricks with consistency like, nollie heel board slide, nollie tail to fakie, nollie crooks, nollie feeble and a board slide to feeble down the handrail are a few examples of why he won.
WN.com - Articles related to Colorado tourism rises in 2009 2010
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Julian lands insanely hard tricks with consistency like, nollie heel board slide, nollie tail to fakie, nollie crooks, nollie feeble and a board slide to feeble down the handrail are a few examples of why he won.
WN.com - Articles related to Colorado tourism rises in 2009 2010
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Julian lands insanely hard tricks with consistency like, nollie heel board slide, nollie tail to fakie, nollie crooks, nollie feeble and a board slide to feeble down the handrail are a few examples of why he won.
WN.com - Articles related to Colorado tourism rises in 2009 2010
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Julian lands insanely hard tricks with consistency like, nollie heel board slide, nollie tail to fakie, nollie crooks, nollie feeble and a board slide to feeble down the handrail are a few examples of why he won.
WN.com - Articles related to Colorado tourism rises in 2009 2010
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Julian lands insanely hard tricks with consistency like, nollie heel board slide, nollie tail to fakie, nollie crooks, nollie feeble and a board slide to feeble down the handrail are a few examples of why he won.
WN.com - Articles related to Colorado tourism rises in 2009 2010
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Julian lands insanely hard tricks with consistency like, nollie heel board slide, nollie tail to fakie, nollie crooks, nollie feeble and a board slide to feeble down the handrail are a few examples of why he won.
WN.com - Articles related to Colorado tourism rises in 2009 2010
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