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Trailer   /trˈeɪlər/   Listen
noun
Trailer  n.  One who, or that which, trails.



Trailer  n.  
1.
A wheeled vehicle without a motor, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle in front of it; specifically:
(a)
Such a vehicle used on street railroads. Called also trail car.
(b)
The large wheeled wagon or van pulled by a tractor in a tractor-trailer combination.
(c)
A vehicle equipped as a mobile dwelling unit, pulled by an automobile or other mtor vehicle, and used as a dwelling when parked; also called a mobile home.
(d)
A wheeled motorless open wagon designed to carry a heavy object, such as a boat trailer.
2.
(Movies) A short blank segment of movie film attached to the end; used for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
3.
(Movies) A short film consisting primarily of one or more short portions of a film, used in promotions or advertisements shortly before initial release of a film.
4.
A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant.
trailer park. An area equipped to accommodate trailers (2), often with outlets supplying electrical power and water. Called also trailer camp, trailer court.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Trailer" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hanoverian succession; and, continuing his polypian imitations, relates a few coarse experiments upon his subject illustrative of its destructive properties, voracity, and sagacity, which set at nought "all the contrivances of the farmer to defend his barns; the trailer his warehouse; the gentleman his land; or the inferior people their cup-boards and small beer cellars. No bars or bolts can keep them out, nor can any gin or trap lay ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 • Various

... electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach[obs3], checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.. bob, bobsled, bobsleigh[obs3]; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.]; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan. train; accommodation train, passenger ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... muttered the young trailer. "Yet all signs point to the fact that I've got to make the grab all by myself. I wonder if I can down that chap and get the upper hand of him? I don't mind a thumping, but I'd be sadly ashamed of myself to let the ...
— The Submarine Boys for the Flag - Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam • Victor G. Durham

... clever tracker as a red Indian or Australian trailer, soon found the path his brother and Lightfoot had taken and joined them. As he listened to what they were saying he was glad he had been sent to follow them. They were hastening toward the valley. ...
— The Story of Ab - A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man • Stanley Waterloo

... seeing as most of it belonged to them in the first place. I don't mind it for this year, that is. But there's something else one of you cockerels will be wanting to take home with him, and I've a mind not to let him. There's a perfectly good woman in my personal trailer, and I'm going to get her. But if we're going to do that and get clear of this country by morning, we'd better get ...
— The Barbarians • John Sentry


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