Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun, plural rail·ler·ies.
- good-humored ridicule; banter.
- a bantering remark.
noun plural -leries
- light-hearted satire or ridicule; banter
- an example of this, esp a bantering remark
“good-humored ridicule,” 1650s, from rail (v.) + -ery, or perhaps from French raillerie, from Middle French railler “to tease” (see rail (v.1)).