Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Trailed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trail \Trail\, 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.]
1. To hunt by the track; to track.
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