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Meanings of handrail in English

Portuguese
balaustrada
Catalan
barana
Spanish
baranda

A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.

        balaustrada

        A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier.

              Usage of handrail in English
              1
              Three days ago he had climbed those steps and held that handrail.
              Ape House
              2
              The handrail on each side of the car carries thirty-eight leather straps.
              The New York Subway, Its Construction and Equipment
              3
              The wrought-iron handrail that borders the crumbling stone steps is still intact.
              The Enchanted Canyon
              4
              I scooped snow off the outside handrail as I was coming in.
              Through the grinder
              5
              A chain link handrail was installed in 1966 without consulting traditional owners.
              The Guardian
              6
              Using the handrail, he pulled himself up, bypassing the creaky ninth step.
              A necessary evil
              7
              He stands at the handrail on the roofs rim and stares east.
              Mortal Engines
              8
              The staircase was broad and easy, with seats, and a mahogany handrail.
              Wanderers
              9
              The vestiges of a handrail along the gallery, and then a corridor.
              The thirteenth tale: a novel
              10
              I still lost skin on the iron handrail of the stairs, though.
              Whispers Under Ground
              11
              With his hands propped on the handrail, Alec leaned back and glowered.
              Eve of darkness
              12
              A marine slides down the marble handrail in Saddam's palace in Tikrit.
              Radio NZ
              13
              He flailed above his head for the handrail with his free hand.
              The waste lands
              14
              A gigantic leg, blown clean off, was draped over the escalator handrail.
              Mech
              15
              He picked up speed, his hand burning on the filthy rope handrail.
              The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
              16
              One of the men went to the foot-bridge and tore off the handrail.
              The Return of the Native
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              Translations for handrail
              Portuguese
              balaustrada
              Handrail through the time
              Handrail across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common