Meanings
nounguide rail (plural guide rails)
plural guide rails
- Synonym of check rail.
There are 11 tunnels on the branch. The longest is 350 metres. There's an additional guide rail on the sharper bends.
2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 44Synonyms: check rail
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of guardrail.
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nounSynonym of check rail.
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guide rail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20rail
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“guide rail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20rail. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guide rail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20rail.
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