4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat. Longfellow.
5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. [Prov. Eng.]
I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
ignorance.
C. Bronte. Trail
(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
(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.
5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.]
6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.]
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.
