handrail Definition
hand·rail (hand′rāl′)
noun
a rail serving as a guard or support to be held by the hand, as along a staircase or ramp
handrail Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- stair: I had some handrails on the stairs for me and a chair was raised for me.
- left: There is a handrail on the left which extends to the road.
- side: Stairs between all floors have handrails on both sides.
- step: There is one handrail on these steps which is on the right hand side.
Converse of object
- fix: Jon Cooper produced some brackets to fix the lineside hut handrail to the hut.
- install: Where stairs were wide enough, were two handrails installed ( in either individual homes or communal areas )?
- fit: The staircase up the lower has now got a handrail fitted from top to bottom.
Adjective modifier
- polished: Staircases to the apartment communal areas will be in a painted finish with French polished handrails.
- horizontal: Where no such handhold or vertical handrail is available, a horizontal handrail must be provided for this purpose.
- stainless: The nearside has a platform / aluminum access steps and stainless steel handrails which extend round the platform.
- vertical: This is best achieved by vertical handrails on every second row of forward facing seats, staggered on either side of the gangway.
- wooden: Today I noticed an interesting pattern on the wooden handrail leading to the viewpoint at Castle Water.
- continuous: Have a continuous handrail at both sides of the ramp.
Modifies a noun
bracket: November 9 2003 Brian Dodd cleans up a handrail bracket.
Noun used with modifier
- grip: With a non-slip surface and easy grip handrails, it is equally suitable for ambulant users with reduced mobility.
- stair: Anything goes, be imaginative, anything from the head plant you caught on film to the 200 stair handrail you tamed last season.
- brass: They were steeper and narrower than he had expected and he was grateful for the shiny brass handrails on either side.
- rope: You will notice, on the right of the stairs a rope handrail has been provided for the modern-day visitor.
- steel: At the end of the ledge, the path narrows where a steel handrail aids further progress down to river level.
- iron: A new wrought iron handrail crafted locally was fitted to the double spiral staircase, completing the restoration.
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