Definitions for: Trailing

[n] the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
[adj] having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: behind(p), down, tracking

See Also: chase, following, pursuit

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