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headrail en · NOUN

Etymology

From head + rail.

Meanings

1. The supporting rail of a blind (such as a Venetian blind) that encloses its mechanism; a headbox.
2. A railing, on a sailing ship, behind the figurehead.
3. (in-plural, obsolete, slang) A person's tooth.
   • Initially, our man was the favourite, the boat's crew cheering him on as usual: 'Now my boy! Knock out his head rails' . . . 2011, Frederick Chamier, Life of a Sailor, page 148:

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