"ride on a rail" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-ride on a rail.ogg [Australia] Forms: rides on a rail [present, singular, third-person], riding on a rail [participle, present], rode on a rail [past], ridden on a rail [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ride<,,rode,ridden> on a rail}} ride on a rail (third-person singular simple present rides on a rail, present participle riding on a rail, simple past rode on a rail, past participle ridden on a rail)
  1. (idiomatic, historical) To be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside. Wikipedia link: Riding a rail Tags: historical, idiomatic Related terms: tar and feather
    Sense id: en-ride_on_a_rail-en-verb-cUXzTODm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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