fly rail

noun

1. Furniture. a horizontally swinging bracket for supporting a drop leaf.
2. Also called fly-rail, Theater. the upper row of pins or cleats on a pin rail, used for tying off or fastening lines of scenery to be flied.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fly rail¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Once we even ducked into the darkened theater and hid ourselves behind the latticework of ropes at the fly rail.

From Literature

A revolving fly rail is shown pivoted upon a piece of 1⁄4-in. wire.

From Project Gutenberg

The object of this fly rail is to form a support to the small hinged drop-leaf of the table.

From Project Gutenberg