TRAIL

noun anything drawn along, as a vehicle.

2. trail ·noun a frame for trailing plants; a trellis.

3. trail ·vt to draw or drag, as along the ground.

4. trail ·vi to be drawn out in length; to follow after.

5. trail ·noun anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

6. trail ·vt to hunt by the track; to track.

7. trail ·vt to take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

8. trail ·vt to tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.

9. trail ·noun anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

10. trail ·noun the act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

11. trail ·noun a footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an indian trail over the plains.

12. trail ·vi to grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.

13. trail ·noun 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.

14. trail ·noun the entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like;

— applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

15. trail ·vt 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.

xvi. trail ·noun that part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. ·see ·illust. of gun carriage, under gun.