Definitions from Wiktionary (ride on a rail)
▸ verb: (idiomatic, historical) To be subjected to 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 victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic, historical) To be subjected to 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 victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.
Similar:
horse,
ride and tie,
ride fences,
mount a horse foaled by an acorn,
bucket,
barrel race,
ride the circuit,
override,
ride to hounds,
ride the cotton horse,
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