Synonyms for handrails


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hand-reyl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhændˌreɪl


Définition of handrails

  • As in banister : noun railing of stairs
  • As in balustrade : noun rail for stairs
Example sentences :
  • The handrails and balustrades are fixed in similar manner to those in Fig. 121.
  • Extract from : « Rustic Carpentry » by Paul N. Hasluck
  • The lever is connected with handrails on each side of the engine, and these are alternately raised and depressed by the workers.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Many have climbed up on the steps of the carriages, hanging on to the handrails, so as to be near the lads as long as possible.
  • Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • The hall arches, wainscoting, handrails, and stairways are noble examples of early craftsmanship.
  • Extract from : « Seaport in Virginia » by Gay Montague Moore
  • For greater safety, he fastened ropes as handrails all around it from one branch to another.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • The corridor was liberally supplied with handrails, apparently in case of failure of the artificial gravity system.
  • Extract from : « This World Must Die! » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • All wide staircases should be provided with handrails, for if you have both hands on handrails you can run down quickly.
  • Extract from : « Chicago's Awful Theater Horror » by Various
  • It lifted, tilted, heaved and sank; and since there were no handrails on it, it kept Charmian and me busy avoiding falling in.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
  • In other words, there are rear steps on the right and left rear of the Presidential car with handrails.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Beneath their feet as they held to handrails lay the featureless darkness of Earth.
  • Extract from : « Space Tug » by Murray Leinster

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