bulwark rail

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• rail — rail1 railless, adj. raillike, adj. /rayl/, n. 1. a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing. 2. a fence; railing. 3. one of two fences marking the inside and outside… …   Universalium

• rail — I [[t]reɪl[/t]] n. 1) bui a bar of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally, as for a support, barrier, or fence 2) bui a fence; railing 3) rai one of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad… …   From formal English to slang

• bulwark — Synonyms and related words: abatis, abutment, advanced work, aegis, arc boutant, arch dam, arm guard, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion …   Moby Thesaurus

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• ПЛАНШИРЬ — (1. Rail, woodrail, bulwark rail. 2. Solid gunwale) 1. Деревянный брус с закругленной поверхностью или стальной из особого вида фигурной стали, ограничивающий фальшборт судна в верхней его части. 2. На гребных судах брус, покрывающий верхние… …   Морской словарь

• portlast — ˈpōrtˌlast noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown : the upper edge of a gunwale : a bulwark rail called also portoise * * * portlast /pōrtˈ or pörtˈləst/ (obsolete nautical) noun Probably the gunwale (also portoise / tiz/ and wrongly portˈland) …   Useful english dictionary

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