And elephants do occasionally use their trunks as snorkels while swimming.
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On 18 May, Spitz led Moore to Prien, where they located a large collection of trunks and crates belonging to Schwend.
On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeiters|Dr. Kevin C. Ruffner|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His own trunks could do with urgent restyling, away from their current “Spanx diaper” vibe.
Putin Vs. Obama—In Spandex: Wrestling’s New Cold War|Tim Teeman|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Border Patrol checkpoint rarely catches drug mules making their way from Mexico or border crossers hidden in trunks.
U.S. Drug and Immigration Checkpoints Take Toll on Border Towns|Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A tornado does not just topple trees, it tears off their branches and twists their trunks until they splinter.
Oklahoma Tornado Devastation: What the Twister Left Behind|Michael Daly|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A number of Hungarians collected about a number of bodies at Cambria which had been washed up, and began rifling the trunks.
History of the Johnstown Flood|Willis Fletcher Johnson
It was I who helped her pack her trunks, which she sent in advance to Morainville.
Strange True Stories of Louisiana|George Washington Cable
Some boys had seen them wading it, and stopping to drink and squirt the water out of their trunks.
A Boy's Town|W. D. Howells
Your trunks arrived all right at the 'Old Farm,' two days ago.
The Peterkin Papers|Lucretia P Hale
The sun, now at high noon, massed the trees' shadow close around their trunks.
The Ink-Stain, Complete|Rene Bazin
trunks
/ (trʌŋks) /
pl n
Also called: swimming trunksa man's garment worn for swimming, either fairly loose and extending from the waist to the thigh or briefer and close-fitting
shorts worn for some sports
mainlyBritishmen's underpants with legs that reach midthigh