"chair rail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chair rails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chair rail (plural chair rails)
  1. (finish carpentry, interior decorating) A molding, traditionally of wood, intended to prevent chairs from contacting the painted plaster of a wall.
    Sense id: en-chair_rail-en-noun-3AISXLCa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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