waist-railn.
/ˈweɪstreɪl/, U.S. /ˈweɪs(t)ˌreɪl/ 1. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at sides
lee-rail1513
waist1667
sheer-rail1769
rough-tree rail1780
foot rail1781
waist-rail1804
side rail1903
1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. Pref. p. xix Drift-rails, fife-rails, sheer-rails, waist-rails, &c.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Waist-rail. the channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side.
2. Carriage-building. (See quot. 1884.)
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > specific frame timbers
standard1669
standing pillars1791
waist-rail1884
1884 M. N. Forney Car-builder's Dict. in Cent. Dict. Waist-rail, a horizontal piece in the framing of the side of a passenger~carriage.
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