Trail

tral, v. [trailed (trald), trailing.] To hunt by the track; to draw along the ground; to drag. (Mil.) To carry (a fire-arm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the §iece being held by the right hand near the midle; to tread down (gra ) by walking through. v. To be drawn along behind a person or thing; to be drawn out in length; to grow to great length,, esp. when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant. — n. Scent left on the ground by an animal pursued; anything drawn to length; anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train; the entrails of a fowl, esp. of game. (Mil.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece unlimbered. [F. trailler, to wind a yarn, also to trail a deer, OF. traail, LL. trahale,,a reel. also in LL. a sledge, L. traha, tragula, a sledge, L. trahere, to draw; trace, track, train.] Train, tran, [trained (trand), training.] To draw along, trail; to draw by persuasion, artifice, etc., to entice, allure; to teach and form by practice; to exercise, discipline; to break, tame, and accustom to draw, us oxen. (Hort.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form by growth, grfrfrrm Fan Training. and lopping, or pruning. — To do duty in a military company. — That which draws along;, esp., persuasion, artifice, or enticement; that which is drawn along in the rear of or after something; that which is in the hinder part or rear; that part of a gown which trails behind the wearer; the after part of a gun-carriage: the tail of a bird; a number of followers; a retinue; a succe ion of connected things; series; regular method; proce ; course; a line of gunpowder, laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution; a continuous or connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. [F., a retinue, the hinder part of anything, traine, a sled, drag-net, trainer, to trail, drag, draw,LL. trahinare, L. trahere, to draw: see Trail.] — Trains able, a. Capable of being trained. — Train'er, n. One who trains; esp., one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for athletic exercises; a militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline. — Train '-band, n. A band or company of militia.— -bear'er, n. One who holds up a train, as of a robe.