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Trail   /treɪl/   Listen
noun
Trail  n.  
1.
A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail. "They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail." "How cheerfully on the false trail they cry!"
2.
A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
3.
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke. "When lightning shoots in glittering trails along."
4.
Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. "A radiant trail of hair."
5.
Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. (Obs.)
6.
A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. (Obs.)
7.
The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep. "The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in, is a delicious dish."
8.
(Mil.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered.
9.
The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. (Prov. Eng.)
Trail boards (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead.
Trail net, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat.


verb
Trail  v. t.  (past & past part. trailed; pres. part. trailing)  
1.
(a)
To hunt by the track; to track.
(b)
To follow behind.
(c)
To pursue.
2.
To draw or drag, as along the ground. "And hung his head, and trailed his legs along." "They shall not trail me through their streets Like a wild beast." "Long behind he trails his pompous robe."
3.
(Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
4.
To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
5.
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. (Prov. Eng.) "I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance."


Trail  v. i.  
1.
To be drawn out in length; to follow after. "When his brother saw the red blood trail."
2.
To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.





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"Trail" Quotes from Famous Books



... he knew the track and set himself to follow it, he turned back and went his way; whilst Uns el Wujoud followed the foot-marks, till they brought him to a surging sea, swollen with clashing billows. The trail led down to the water's edge and there broke off; whereby he knew that they had taken ship there and had continued their journey by sea. So he lost hope of finding his beloved and repeated the ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume IV • Anonymous
... outside it. Then the Serbs descended on the place from the mountains; their carts came by the ordinary road, and on arriving at the Italian lines the drivers asked for hay; but when they explained that the rest of their force was going round by the mountain trail the Italian commandant refused to give any supplies to such liars. (Later on, though, he gave them sufficient for five days.) When an Austrian officer who was stationed in a minaret saw the Serbs coming down from those terrible heights he was so astonished that he felt sure ...
— The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 • Henry Baerlein
... trail by which it came, To Borodino, field of bloodshot fame, Whence stare unburied ...
— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy
... the trail, and it was believed that the gang had been split up, but so far no notable captures had been made. Buckskin Bill, the leader, was still at large, and while this remained the case there could be no security for any one. Every farmer in the district was keen on the chase, expecting ...
— The Odds - And Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell
... rainbow: a light robe of crimson taffaty, fringed with silver, was fastened by a knot of jewels on his left shoulder, and crossed his back to the right side, where it was tucked into a belt of the finest oriental pearls, and thence hung down and trail'd a little on the ground: in fine, there was nothing that exceeded the magnificence and eloquence of his appearance, or was in any measure equal to it in the whole assembly, except that of the princess ...
— The Fortunate Foundlings • Eliza Fowler Haywood


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