balcony rail

rail

rail, 3 ragwork, 1 1. A bar of wood or other material passing from one post or other support to another; a hand support along a stairway. 2. A structure consisting of rails and their sustaining posts, balusters, or pillars, and constituting an enclosure or a line of division, as a balcony rail. 3. A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling as a door rail, or in the framework of a window sash.