trailer
//ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- trailers
- present (v1)
- trailer
- past (v2)
- trailered
- past participle (v3)
- trailered
- present participle
- trailering
- 3rd person singular
- trailers
Definitions
1.Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
- There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.
2.Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
3.An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
- At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
- Or you can slide the trailer′s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.
- My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.
4.A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
- We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
1.To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
- The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3974
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From trail + -er.
The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.