trailing : Idioms & Phrases

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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.
WordNet
  • . (Bot.) See under Arbutus.
Webster 1913

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.
Webster 1913

Trailing wheel

  • a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.
Webster 1913