"footrail" meaning in All languages combined

See footrail on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: footrails [plural]
Etymology: From foot + rail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|rail}} foot + rail Head templates: {{en-noun}} footrail (plural footrails)
  1. A rail serving as a support for the foot.
    Sense id: en-footrail-en-noun-4nqnF5W9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1943, Canadian Transportation, volume 46, page 623:",
          "text": "By removing the marble counters, brass footrails and high stools in the coffee shop adjunct of the main dining room, and replacing them by colorful tables and chairs, and soda fountain and snack bar, the room has been made more attractive […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, George Frost Kennan, The Decision to Intervene, page 11:",
          "text": "People clung in dense swaying masses, like clusters of insects, to the platforms and footrails of the battered streetcar trains, groaning and jangling their way through the confusion.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-footrail-en-noun-4nqnF5W9",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail",
          "rail"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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        "plural"
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1943, Canadian Transportation, volume 46, page 623:",
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          "ref": "1989, George Frost Kennan, The Decision to Intervene, page 11:",
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