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trailing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of points and crossovers) That converge in the direction of travel.
    • On the far hillside we are approaching can be descried a bridge on the first section (Ruabon–Llangollen) of the important G.W.R. branch to Dolgelley, which will shortly join our main line by means of a trailing junction. 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
  2. (not-comparable) That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.
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    • Having reversed at Eastbourne, I am in the trailing car, which leaps and fishtails around so much on our way to Bexhill that I have trouble writing coherent notes. 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
    • the trailing railcars
    • the trailing comments
    • On the long, continuous downgrades of East Africa dynamic braking is of special value; the traction motors are used as generators and their energy output dissipated in force-ventilated banks of resistors. This facility enables a 700-ton trailing load, for example, to be brought down a 1 in 66 gradient at any selected speed between 14 and 25 m.p.h. without use of the air brakes. 1961 February, “New English Electric diesels for East Africa”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 90–91:

Antonyms

facing · leading

Deriveds

trailingly · trailing spoke · trailing s · trailing edge · nontrailing

Relateds

tractor-trailer · trailer · semi-trailer

Translations (3)

de nachziehend (rail transport: converging in the direction of travel) · de nachschleppend (rail transport: converging in the direction of travel) · de anhängend (rail transport: converging in the direction of travel)

trailing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. Fabric or other material that trails.
    • […] their roots, projecting in fibrous sprawls from their trunks, were their feet, and she pictured them advancing with wide trailings, and rustlings as of green draperies […] 1901, Mary E. Wilkins, The Portion of Labor:
    • All too often, the spout of a soap dispenser rests over the counter and leaves trailings of soap that must be wiped up frequently if a clean appearance is to be maintained. 2010, Regina S. Baraban, Joseph F. Durocher, Successful Restaurant Design:

Forms

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trailings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

trailing axle · coat-trailing · trailing points · trailing edge · trailing commission · trailing spring · trailing wheel · trailing truck · semi-trailing · trailing arbutus

trailing en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of trail
    form of trail