trim rail

noun

, Theater.

1. the lower row of pins or cleats on a pin rail, used for tying off or fastening lines after lowering scenery into position.

Example Sentences

In addition to asking for a 15 percent increase in the jurisdictions’ subsidy, Wiedefeld proposed to eliminate 1,000 jobs, raise rail and bus fares, trim rail service and eliminate bus routes.

From Washington Post

Its products include deck, trim, rail molding; bathroom partitions, lockers and industrial plastic sheet products.

From Reuters

Freedom to trim rail fares, fears Budd, might lead to price fights among the railroads themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

A drop in coal output forced Poland to close plants and trim rail schedules, and the Poles have sharply reduced coal exports to satellite neighbors to give priority to their own ailing economy.

From Time Magazine Archive