lock rail

noun

1. the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lock rail¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Some workers cut the wedges from the pieces left out of the haunching of the lock rail, or the bottom rail.

From Project Gutenberg

The panel arrangement consisted of three pairs of nearly square panels above the lock rail and one pair twice as high below.

From Project Gutenberg