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Riding the rail (also called being " run out of town on a rail ") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers.
The idiom “ride on a rail” has been used for centuries to describe a form of public punishment in which an individual is tied to a wooden plank and carried through town on the shoulders of several men. This practice was common in medieval Europe, particularly in England and France, as a way to shame and humiliate wrongdoers.
The phrase “ride the rails” is an idiom that has been used for decades to describe a specific type of transportation. This mode of travel involves hopping onto freight trains and riding them to various destinations.
'Ride on a rail' is an English idiom. It means 'to subject someone to public humiliation or ridicule, often by carrying them on a rail or similar means as a form of punishment.'
ride on a rail To be punished harshly, often publicly, and perhaps culminating in exile. The phrase originally referred to a punishment in which a wrongdoer was paraded around town on a rail and then exiled.
By 1932 youths riding the rails had become a wandering army of thousands. Hopping on a moving freight train as it started up for distant places gave them a thrilling sense of freedom. Yet few were prepared for the dangers, hunger, and hardships that awaited them.
ride the rail (s) To travel on a vehicle mounted on rails (especially a train or streetcar). I know it takes a lot longer than flying, but I love riding the rail from Portland to Vancouver.
