rail
verb
- to inveigh in a lengthy or overblown manner, raise an objection, go on or make a diatribe, rant
noun
- linear bearing and guide elements used in rail transport
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹeɪ(ə)l/ / [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ] / /reɪl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English rail, reil, from Old English hræġl (“garment, dress, robe”). Cognate with Old Frisian hreil, reil, Old Saxon hregil, Old High German hregil (“clothing, garment, dress”).
- An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
- Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
“A course hempen raile about her shoulders.”
verb
Etymology: Probably from Anglo-Norman raier, Middle French raier.
- To gush; to flow.
“his breste and his brayle was bloodé – and hit rayled all over the see.”
“So furiously each other did assayle, / As if their soules they would attonce haue rent / Out of their brests, that streames of bloud did rayle / Adowne, as if their springes of life were spent[…].”
- To blow.