Category:Trailing

Trail"ing,

Defn: 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.