footrail

plural footrails

1. A rail serving as a support for the foot.

   People clung in dense swaying masses, like clusters of insects, to the platforms and footrails of the battered streetcar trains, groaning and jangling their way through the confusion.

   1989, George Frost Kennan, The Decision to Intervene, page 11

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   By removing the marble counters, brass footrails and high stools in the coffee shop adjunct of the main dining room, and replacing them by colorful tables and chairs, and soda fountain and snack bar, the room has been made more attractive […]

   1943, Canadian Transportation, volume 46, page 623