7. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the
like; — applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in,
is a delicious dish.
Baird.
8. (Mil.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the
ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under
Gun.
9. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an
imposition. [Prov. Eng.]
Trail boards (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the
cutwater near the figurehead. — Trail net, a net that is trailed or
drawn behind a boat. Wright.
Trail"er (?), n. One who, or that which, trails.
Trail"ing, a. & vb. n. from Trail.
Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus. — Trailing spring, a spring
fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine,
and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur.
Weale. — Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a
driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.
Train (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Training.]
[OF. trahiner, traïner,F. traîner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L.
trahere to draw. See Trail.]