I. ˈtrālə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: trail (I) + -er
1. : one that trails or follows a trail: as
a. : one that tracks : hunter
a master shot, a trailer who was a match for any Apache — Stanley Walker
b. : one that travels over a trail
here the trailers of yesterday … inscribed names and dates — A.B.Guthrie
2. : something that trails or touches the ground in moving or hanging: as
a. : a trailing plant : creeper 3
b. : trailing wheel
c. : a sprag to prevent a vehicle from running backward
3. : one that trails, follows, or lags behind: as
a. : a hunting dog that yields the initiative to its bracemate
b. : a player in various goal games (as hockey, basketball, or soccer) that follows closely a teammate who is dribbling the puck or ball
c.
(1) : a short motion-picture film made up of snatches from a feature picture and displayed in advance for advertising purposes
(2) : a short film shown for the purpose of making an announcement to the theater audience
(3) : a short length of blank film attached to the finish end of a reel so that the film will continue to feed through the projector mechanism after the light and sound are turned off — compare leader 1m
d. : music played for the close or fade-out of a performance (as of a theatrical skit or a film)
for my last trailer , I'll use Only a Rose — Gypsy Lee
4. : a vehicle or one in a succession of vehicles hauled usually by some other vehicle: as
a. : a car on a streetcar line pulled by another car
b. : a light 2-wheeled car pulled (as by a bicycle or motorcycle)
c. : a nonautomotive highway or industrial-plant vehicle designed to be hauled (as by a tractor, motor truck, or passenger automobile)
flatbed trailer
truck trailer
goods trailer
d. : one of several logging sleds that are hauled tandem by steam or gasoline power or by four to eight horses
e. : an automobile-drawn highway vehicle designed to serve wherever it is parked as a dwelling or as a place of business (as an office, laboratory, or field headquarters)
5. : frogger 1
6. : pusher 1e
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
: to transport (a boat) by means of a trailer
trailering an outboard cruiser from one body of water to another
intransitive verb
1. : to live or travel in a trailer
trailering about the country
2. : to be transportable by trailer
a light boat that trailers easily