The phrase "a handrail for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a handrail that serves a specific purpose or is intended for a particular location or use.
Example: "The contractor installed a handrail for the staircase to ensure safety for the residents."
Alternatives: "a railing for" or "a support for".
One time he was worried Mom might fall walking down the basement stairs and, on his own initiative, installed a handrail for her.
But the real damage is likely to be done on the narrow twisting descents and sharp ascents around Oughtibridge and High Bradfield, the killer punch coming when what remains of the field hits Jenkin Road, a short climb within Sheffield which is so steep it has a handrail for pedestrians to cling to.
For it served as a handrail for decisions about what to do with the displaced and ejected, and in all but one still vexed and inflamed part of the world – Israel-Palestine – and one recent locus of old bitterness – the former Yugoslavia – it has worked well enough for questions about borders, reparations and the right of return, not to have shed too much blood.
It's very short – little over half a mile – and you'd never describe it as picturesque, but with a 33% gradient (so severe there's a handrail for pedestrians) it is the steepest road the riders will have to conquer in the 2014 race.
Also, you have to fight tooth and nail with the local authority for even a handrail for the bath.
When responding to situations, however, we do not act on objective affordance-facts, but on solicitations, a Gestaltist term Dreyfus picks to convey how our surroundings are directly perceived as 'suggesting' or 'calling for' certain responses.2 A handrail, for instance, suggests grinding to the savvy skater, while an extraordinary event calls for pictures.
Where people saw un-rideable things—a long, zigzagging handrail, for instance, or two thin benches separated by a foot-long gap Gonz saw ingenious new possibilities, and realized them without a further thought.
Choose a sturdy step stool with a solid handrail for balance.
Where people saw un-rideable things — a long, zigzagging handrail, for instance, or two thin benches separated by a foot-long gap — Gonz saw ingenious new possibilities, and realized them without a further thought.
One friend, a 40-year-old lawyer, was on the Tube when he reached a certain (now infamous) scene and had to grab a handrail to steady himself for fear of passing out.
Continue to practice pedaling forward and backward while holding on to a fence or handrail for as long as necessary.
