Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Trailing

Trailing , adjective and verbal noun

a. & vb. n. from Trail.
Collocations (3)
Trailing arbutus (Botany) , 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.