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trailed, ppl. a.|treɪld|
[f. trail v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Drawn behind, dragged along on a surface, etc. (see the verb); Mil. carried at the trail, as a pike or rifle; in quot. 1797, made by trailing something.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xlii. 169 After them followed forty other Chariots,..full..of..Arms, and trayled colours. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 11/2 In different parts of the course of this trailed track, small quantities of meal..should be laid. 1847Infantry Man. (1854) 40 b, Trailed arms must never be used in field movements. 1865Pall Mall G. 13 May 4 No amount of brushing could make their trailed dresses look quite clean again.
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a. Decorated with, or constituting, a trailing pattern or ornament. Obs.
1490Acta Dom. Concil. (1839) 79 Ane goun of cramasy velvott, upon velvott droppit with gold, and lynit with trail⁓yeit tweldore. 1552Huloet, Traylled or purfled, segmentatus. 1878Nesbitt Catal. Glass Vessels S. Kens. Mus. 119 Pale green glass, with trailed ornament on the under surface.
b. trailed slip (Ceramics), a slip used for decorating pottery by applying it through a nozzle or spout.
1957Mankowitz & Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pott. & Porc. 15/1 Staffordshire trailed slip posset-pots. Ibid. 223/1 They are decorated with ‘trailed slip’. 1971Country Life 27 May 1303/1 Trailed slip is the method of pouring out from a cone or can exactly as good cooks decorate birthday cakes with icing sugar. 1974Savage & Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 294 Lead-glazed ware decorated with trailed slip.
3. Publicized in advance. Usu. prefixed by advbs. Cf. trail v.1 4.
1958Spectator 22 Aug. 247/2 A much-trailed BBC investigation. 1981Economist 20 June 14/1 Ministers at this week's well-trailed cabinet meeting listened to her lectures on the need to cut their spending. |