Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trailing"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trailing \Trail"ing\,
a. & vb. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trailing
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)}]
n : the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
marks they left behind [syn: {tracking}]
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