Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picture-railed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: pic-ture-railed
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a picture rail or rails.

Example Sentences

"Mixed with the cow hair, Sapper’s plaster stuck to and between the laths like glue. The smooth surface was perfect, so were the picture-railed and chair-railed walls."
"Mirrored and picture-railed, it was all a waste of space. And time. The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people."
"There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?"

Etymology

From picture rail + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: picture rail

Questions

What does picture-railed mean?: Having a picture rail or rails.
Where does picture-railed come from?: From picture rail + -ed.

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