Derailment: alternatives and connections

A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the ch…

A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.

A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.

Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the…

A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, a…

To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…

A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another…

The distance between the rails of a railway.

To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.

Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.

To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails.

A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the…

An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intende…