trail : Idioms & Phrases

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cattle trail

  • noun a trail over which cattle were driven to market
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chisholm trail

  • noun a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s
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condensation trail

  • noun an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
    contrail.
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deer trail

  • noun a trail worn by the passage of deer
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horse-trail

  • noun a trail for horses
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iditarod trail

  • noun a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome
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iditarod trail dog sled race

  • noun an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail
    Iditarod.
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indian trail

  • noun a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians
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mountain trail

  • noun a trail through mountainous country
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paper trail

  • noun the written evidence of someone's activities
    • this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information
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santa fe trail

  • noun a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century
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ski trail

  • noun trail or slope prepared for skiing
    ski run.
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To trail oars

  • to allow them to trail in the water alongside of the boat.
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trail bike

  • noun a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground
    scrambler; dirt bike.
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Trail boards

  • (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead.
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trail boss

  • noun the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle
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trail head

  • noun the beginning of a trail
    trailhead.
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Trail net

  • a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat.
Webster 1913

trail riding

  • noun riding along a roughly blazed path
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trailing arbutus

  • noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
    Epigaea repens; mayflower.
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trailing edge

  • noun the rear edge of an airfoil
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trailing four o'clock

  • noun trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
    Allionia incarnata; trailing four o'clock.
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trailing windmills

  • noun trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
    Allionia incarnata; trailing four o'clock.
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