Trailing

/ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/ · adjective

Meaning

(rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converge in the direction of travel..

Definitions by Sense

1. (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converge in the direction of travel.
2. That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.
3. present participle and gerund of trail
4. Fabric or other material that trails.

Example Sentences

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 junction.

the trailing railcars

the trailing comments

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On the long, continuous downgrades of East Africa dynamic braking is of special value; the traction motors are used as generators and their energy output dissipated in force-ventilated banks of resistors. This facility enables a 700-ton trailing load, for example, to be brought down a 1 in 66 gradient at any selected speed between 14 and 25 m.p.h. without use of the air brakes.

Having reversed at Eastbourne, I am in the trailing car, which leaps and fishtails around so much on our way to Bexhill that I have trouble writing coherent notes.

[…] 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 […]

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.

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