n. A local term in southern England for confused deposits of glacial debris resting upon soft sands, clays, etc., which latter have been crumpled and squeezed by ice-pressure.n. unsorted glacial or related deposits containing human implements ana resting upon a preglacial surface in southern England called the ‘Palæolithic floor.’ See trail, 6.To fasten (as wagons) one behind the other so as to form a train.In casino, to play a card which neither builds nor takes in anything.n. A part dragged behind; something drawn after; a train; a rear appendage.n. A trailing part or organ; a train: as, the trail of the peacock: often used figuratively.n. In artillery, the lower end of the carriage; in field-artillery, that part of the carriage which reats on the ground when unlimbered. See cut under gun-carriage.n. Any long appendage, real or apparent, as a line or streak marking the path just passed over by a moving body: as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.n. In astronomy, the elongated image of a star produced upon a photographic plate, which is not made to follow the star's diurnal motion. The intensity of this trail is used as a measure of the star's brightness.n. The track or mark left by something dragged or drawn along the ground or over a surface: as, the trail of a snail.n. A path or road mȧde by the passage of something, as of animals or men; a beaten path, as across the prairies, a mountain, or a desert; a rude path.n. Figuratively, a clue; a trace.n. A vehicle dragged along; a drag; a sled; a sledge.n. The act of playing upon, or of taking advantage of, a person's ignorance. See trail, verb, 6.n. Synonyms Path, Track, etc. See way.To draw along behind.To drag or draw loosely along the ground or other surface, as the train of a woman's dress.Milit., to carry in an oblique forward position, with the breech or the butt near the ground, the piece or the pike being held by the right hand near the middle: as, to trail arms.To beat down or make a beaten path through by frequent treading; make a beaten path through: as, to trail grass.To hunt or follow up by the track or scent; follow in the trail or tracks of; track.To draw out; lead on, especially in a mischievous or ill-natured way; play upon the ignorance or fears of.To hang down or drag loosely behind, as the train of a woman's dress.To grow loosely and without self-support to a considerable length along the ground or over bushes, rocks, or other low objects; recline or droop and as it were drag upon the ground, as a branch. See trailing plant, below.To move with a slow sweeping motion.To loiter or creep along as a straggler or a person who is nearly tired out; walk or make one's way idly or lazily.To reach or extend in a straggling way.To fish with or from a trailer: as, to trail for mackerel.n. A latticed frame; a trellis for running or climbing plants.n. A running ornament or enrichment of leaves, flowers, tendrils, etc., as in the hollow moldings of Gothic architecture; a wreath.To overspread with a tracery or intertwining pattern or ornament.n. Entrails; the intestines of game when cooked and sent to table, as those of snipe and woodcock, and certain fish; also, the intestines of sheep.n. A rail with a cross-section having approximately the form of a letter T. See rail, 5.
