Crossword clues for trailing
trailing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trailing \Trail"ing\,
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n. from Trail.
Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus.
Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur.
--Weale.Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.
Trail \Trail\ (tr[=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing a boat. See Trace, v. t.]
To hunt by the track; to track.
to follow behind.
To pursue.
--Halliwell.
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To draw or drag, as along the ground.
And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
--Dryden.They shall not trail me through their streets Like a wild beast.
--Milton.Long behind he trails his pompous robe.
--Pope. (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.
To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
--Longfellow.-
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.
--C. Bronte.
Wiktionary
(context rail transport of points and crossovers English) That converges in the direction of travel. n. Fabric or other material that trails. v
(present participle of trail English)
WordNet
n. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: tracking]
adj. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" [syn: behind(p)]
Wikipedia
Trailing can mean, among others:
- Facing and trailing, in railroads
- Trailing wheel
- Trailing arm
- Trailing edge
- Hound Trailing
- Trailing twelve months
Usage examples of "trailing".
His horse troops were affrighted and dispersed by balls of fire which flew into their midst, trailing sparks and whistling and banging.
As the long waves of amphtracs, each trailing a plume of white spray, raced with their supporters toward the beaches, the fire support battleships, cruisers and destroyers, anchored only 1250 yards off shore, delivered frontal and enfilading fire on beach defenses.
The size of small dogs with long, trailing tails, these fast, solitary runners, browsing on leaves and fallen fruit, were ancestors of the mighty artiodactyl family, which would one day include pigs, sheep, cattle, reindeer, antelope, giraffes, and camels.
Trailing shoots of the bougainvillea swayed in the night breeze, and a branch of Banksia roses struck him, the clusters of blossom making a scented rain upon his face.
Speedily, the bartender dragged the hooded creature back to a darker part of the alley, trailing a slight seepage of blood.
Tellis gave another sigh and marched out of the workroom, Beryal trailing him.
Soon Conor and Colleen came chugging down the hall, thumbs in mouths, blankies trailing behind them.
She waited, still in concealment, until bright lights blossomed around the trailing edges of the fins, pulsing in a danger array.
Although she hurried to catch up, this new tunnel branched at sudden and awkward intervals, without benefit of geometric chambers, and by the seventh or eighth branching she lost track of her guide except for the fading nimbus trailing behind it.
Back from the corner came a strange, trailing laugh, a reminder to Case Brandle that from now on he was working for The Shadow!
Boaz-Jachin saw his face still crying under the old black brimless hat that was not a skullcap and not a fez as the lorry, trailing its aroma of petrol, oranges, and orange-crate wood, pulled out into the road and away.
The Duc grinned broadly as he rode, the ends of his burnouse trailing at the base of a conical steel helm, and his riders wheeled and turned like a flock of starlings, releasing a deadly shower of arrows.
The Due grinned broadly as he rode, the ends of his burnouse trailing at the base of a conical steel helm, and his riders wheeled and turned like a flock of starlings, releasing a deadly shower of arrows.
The peridioles fly out of the trumpet and the trailing spring-like hyphae sticks to any leaf or twig it touches, coiling itself tightly.
Presently a shower of flaming arrows, trailing tails of black smoke, whistled into the mantlets and thudded into the bare, green decks.