WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pin′ rail′,
- Show Business[Theat.]a rail on a fly gallery, wall, etc., holding two rows of pins or cleats for securing lines attached to scenery.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa strong rail at the side of the deck of a vessel, for holding the pins to which some of the running rigging is belayed. Cf. fife rail.
- 1875–80
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