Trail (?), v. i. 1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
When his brother saw the red blood trail.
Spenser.
2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon
the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
Trail, n. 1. A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the
hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail.
Cooper.
How cheerfully on the false trail they cry!
Shak.
2. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an
Indian trail over the plains.
3. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail
of smoke.
When lightning shoots in glittering trails along.
Rowe.
4. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. "A radiant trail
of hair." Pope.