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head⋅rail

[hed-reyl]
–noun
1. a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead.
2. Also called headbox. a narrow, boxlike case extending across the top of a window blind and covering the mechanical devices by which the blind operates.

Origin:
1815–25; head + rail 1
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