Definition of Railed

1. Verb. (past of rail) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Railed

1. rail [v] - See also: rail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Railed

railbanks
railbed
railbeds
railbird
railbirds
railbuff
railbuffs
railbus
railbuses
railbusses
railcar
railcard
railcards
railcars
raile
railed (current term)
railer
railers
railes
railest
raileth
railfan
railfanning
railfans
railful
railfuls
railgun
railgun accelerator
railguns
railhead

Literary usage of Railed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"... in a narrow space railed off, into which not more than two and two could pass at a time side by side. This went on through another doorway, ..."

2. Safety: Methods for Preventing Occupational and Other Accidents and Disease by William Howe Tolman, Leonard Bullock Kendall (1913)
"In the standard requirements for safety by the United States Steel Corporation all platforms five feet or more above the ground must be railed and equipped ..."

3. The Political Code of the State of New York by David Dudley Field, William Curtis Noyes, Alexander Warfield Bradford, New York (State). (1860)
"Bridges to be railed. 490. When the expense of a bridge may be levied on the ... All public bridges must be constructed Bridges to •» ' • be railed. with a ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"621, 643-4). churchyard on 30 July, a large railed-in tomb being erected to his memory. A bust of him is in the library at Clare ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"There are two reasons why he to whom the substance of a thing belongs in railed its proprietor: first, because the right to the substance is the highest ..."

6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"She had railed against the Mohammedan custom of polygamy, when the Moor thus defended the practice. "Madame," he said, "a plurality of wives is allowed ..."

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