footrail

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Half-naked, wearing only his jockey shorts, he was holding onto the footrail of his bed.

Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
To the right bulked the bar, smoke-and-age-stained, the top worn and scarred, the footrail worn through in places.

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon 2010
Half-naked, wearing only his jockey shorts, he was holding onto the footrail of his bed.

Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
His readings always lasted exactly ninety minutes and used the same props—a maroon curtain behind him, a footrail next to the lectern, and a block to the side where he rested his hand or elbow during the performance.

Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
The bar itself was fitted with a brass footrail that had three cuspidors pushed neatly under it.

Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
He grabbed his pants off the iron footrail of the bed and rolled them up.

THE TICK IS FULL Carl Wooton 2009
He grabbed his pants off the iron footrail of the bed and rolled them up.

THE TICK IS FULL 2009
The bar itself was fitted with a brass footrail that had three cuspidors pushed neatly under it.

Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
The bar itself was fitted with a brass footrail that had three cuspidors pushed neatly under it.

Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
We stood at the long, mahogany bar with its traditional brass footrail and Jack ordered us a couple snifters of brandy.

Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004