Trail

trāl, v.t. to draw along the ground: to hunt by tracking: to draw out, lead on: to tread down, as gra , by walking through: to carry, as a musket or pike, in an oblique forward position, the breech or the butt near the ground.— v.i. to be drawn out in length, to hang or drag loosely behind: to run or climb as a plant: to move with slow sweeping motion: to drag one's self lazily along.— n. anything drawn out in length: track followed by the hunter.— ns. Trail′er , one who trails: a climbing plant: a carriage dragged (or trailed) behind another to which the motive power is applied; Trail′-net , a drag-net. [O. Fr. traail —Low L. trahale —L. traha , a sledge— trahĕre , to draw.]