trailing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trailing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trailing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trailing n the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind Synonym(s): trailing, tracking
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.