bull rail

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Noun[edit]

bull rail (plural bull rails)

  1. Alternative form of bullrail
    • 2002, Mike McConnell, Bear Tales and Deer Trails, →ISBN, page 176:
      I tie off the bow line while he secures the stem to the bull rail.
    • 2012, Roger G. Givens, Nancy Richey, Butler County, →ISBN, page 48:
      Passengers hang over the bull rail on the bottom deck and the second-level boiler deck rail as These steamers meet on the Green River.
    • 2017, Robert L. Habush, Art of Advocacy Series: Cross Examination of Non-Medical Experts, →ISBN:
      The front wheel of the plaintiff's truck became trapped between the planking and the wheelplate, climbed up and went over the bull rail, into the river.