check rail

or checkrail

noun

1. (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.

Word History and Origins

Origin of check rail¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

“All arriving trains are x-rayed. CBP officers also inspect and visually scan the train as it passes, and we use canine assets as well to check rail traffic,” said CBP El Paso Port Director Ray Provencio in an agency release.

From Washington Times

The plan proposes a testing process that would check rail cars every eight days for a wheel defect that has afflicted several of Metro’s 7000-series cars over the past four years.

From Washington Post