False rail

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(Naut.)

a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it.

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No references found			Star performance Ian Williams' veteran Munsef continues to go from strength to strength judged on his display in the Listed handicap What a difference a rail makes Favourite backers would have been on good terms with themselves when Layla's Boy, carrying the same colours as Munsef, turned for home in third place with the false rail likely to open up the gap he needed. Munsef continues revival to leave Williams with dreams of a Melbourne ... by The Racing Post (London, England) Although there is a false rail and things can work out if you have got a horse who can slip in there. HORSE RACING: Norton hopeful of a big run from Vanderlin at Haydock by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) We've put some false rail around the top bend to bypass the areas that were giving us cause for concern and, as such, racing will go ahead," said clerk of the course Jonjo Sanderson. racing: Rain plagues the action by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			false mistletoe false miterwort false mitrewort false morel false move False myrrh false name false negative false nettle false oat false origin False papers false parallax False passage False personation false pimpernel false position false positive false pregnancy false pretence false pretences false pretense False pretenses False quarter false ragweed False rail false relation false return false rib false ribs False roof false rue false rue anemone false saber-toothed tiger false saffron false sago False sandalwood false sarsaparilla false scorpion false smut false Solomon's seal false spikenard false start false step False tack false tamarisk false teeth False token false topaz false truffle false vampire			false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy false pretence False pretences False pretences false pretense false pretense False pretenses False pretenses false pretension false pretensions False Priority Report false profession False prophet false proscenium false proteinuria false proteinuria false proteinuria false pyroelectricity false quarter false quarter false quarter false quarter false r false r false r false r's false r's false r's false ragweed False rail false reason false reasoning False Recognition false rejection False Rejection Probability False Rejection Rate False relation False relation False Replies Unsynchronized in Time false report false report false report of car sale false representation false representation of fact false reproduction false restenosis false retrieval false return False Rhubarb False Rhubarb False Rhubarb false rib false rib false rib False ribs False ribs False ribs false ring False River Academy False Roman Cancel

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