Associations to the word «Guardrail»

Wiktionary

GUARDRAIL, noun. A rail placed alongside a dangerous place in order to improve safety.

Dictionary definition

GUARDRAIL, noun. A railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats