handrail.

A rail positioned so people can hold it for support or steadiness.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• grip the handrail
• stair handrail
• polished handrail

On the page

Her fingers slid along the polished handrail.

The ramp had a handrail on each side.

He gripped the handrail before stepping onto the icy stairs.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular handrail; plural handrails. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.