Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trail \Trail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trailed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Trailing}.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or
   hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with
   a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably
   from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag,
   sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp.
   trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D.
   treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing
   a boat. See {Trace}, v. t.]
   1. To hunt by the track; to track.