rail

a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

convey (goods etc.) by rails

“fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium”

fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

“They are railing for fresh fish”

lay with rails

“hundreds of miles were railed out here”

provide with rails

“The yard was railed”

short for railway

“he traveled by rail”

enclose with rails

“rail in the old graves”

criticize severely

“She railed against the bad social policies”

complain bitterly

separate with a railing

“rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace”