v. Obs. Also 6 inrayl, 7 inrail. [f. EN-1 + RAIL sb. and v.] trans. To enclose with, or as with, a railing. Also fig.
1523. Skelton, Garl. Laurel, 656. The bankes … Enrailid with rosers.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., IV. xiii. (1604), 200. The same if any part doe wilfully violate, it may be reformed and inrayled againe.
1607. F. Mason, Authoritie of Ch., 9. God hath inrailed their authoritie with certaine bounds and limits which they may not passe.
Hence Enrailed ppl. a.
1714. Gay, Trivia, II. (1716), 16 (R.).
| Where fam’d Saint Giles’s ancient Limits spread, | |
| An inrail’d Column rears its lofty Head. |
