trailer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Someone who or something that trails (follows behind)

   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. 2

   Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.

   • the trailer of a plant
3. 3

   An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and…

   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.
   • 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.
   • 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.
4. ›+ 7 more definitionsshow fewer

   1. 4

      A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.

      • We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
   2. 5

      A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically…

      A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

      • The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.
   3. 6

      A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

      • The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
   4. 7

      A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film…

      A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

   5. 8

      The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an…

      The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.

      • The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
   6. 9

      The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

      • The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
   7. 10

      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.

The neighborhood