1. A bar that goes from one post or support to another one which is used to form a barrier: The tourists leaned over the rail of the ship so they could see the whales.
2. A bar that is secured in such a way that items may be hung from it: Jeremy hung the curtains from the rails in the bedroom.
3. The bars of steel that form train tracks: As a result of the extreme snow and ice, the train swerved off the rails.

Workers were putting new rails on the train track.

1. To complain angrily about something: A patient was railing against the medical staff because she had slipped and fallen on the floor in her hospital room at night and she couldn't get up or contact anyone to help her.
2. To express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language: Too many "talk-show hosts"  rant and rail to an excessive amount of time against those who have different political views than the TV moderators do.

The workers were railing about the unfair treatment they had received from their employer.

3. Normally to use metal bars to create a barrier around or at the edge of something: The city railed off the pedestrian walk on the bridge going across the river.

The workers are in the process of railing off the sides of the balconies of the high-rise apartment.

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