trail|er

trail|er
trail|er «TRAY luhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a cargo vehicle to be pulled along the highway. There are small two-wheeled trailers pulled by automobiles, and large trailers pulled by trucks, especially by trucks that lack bodies of their own.
2. a vehicle fitted up for people to live in and usually pulled by an automobile; house trailer.
3. a trailing plant or branch; vine that grows along the ground. SYNONYM(S): creeper, runner.
4. a person or animal that follows a trail; tracker.
5. a few scenes shown to advertise a forthcoming motion picture or television program.
–v.i.
to travel in a trailer: »

If you're camping or trailering, you have nothing to worry about clear across the province (Maclean's).

–v.t.
to take by trailer.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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