trailing

Fabric or other material that trails.

Adjective

  1. 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...
  2. That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.
    • the trailing railcars
    • the trailing comments
    • no trailing whitespace characters

Antonyms

facing leading

Related

trailer semi-trailer tractor-trailer

Derived

nontrailing trailing edge trailingly trailing spoke

Noun

  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...
    • 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,...

Forms

trailings

Derived

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

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of trail