Trail vs Railbank - What's the difference?
trail | railbank |
(label) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
(label) To drag (something) behind on the ground.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
(label) To leave (a trail of).
(label) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 29, author=Keith Jackson, work=Daily Record
, title= (label) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
(label) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
* (1816-1855)
The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
An embankment adjacent to railroad track.
*1990 , United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies, Department of the Interior and related agencies appropriations for , p. 590:
To convert an out-of-use railroad track into a trail for public use.
*2004 , Joseph P. Schwieterman, When the Railroad Leaves Town , p. 223:
As a proper noun trail
is a city in british columbia.As a noun railbank is
an embankment adjacent to railroad track.As a verb railbank is
to convert an out-of-use railroad track into a trail for public use.trail
English
Verb
(en verb)- "I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles.
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- (Longfellow)
- I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.
Derived terms
* trailer * trail offNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (track of an animal) spoor, sign * (route for travel over land) dirt track, footpath, path, trackDerived terms
* condensation trail, contrail * paper trail * sawdust trail * star trail * trail bike * trailblazer (see blazer) * trailblazing * trail mix * vapo(u)r trailSee also
* path * trackAnagrams
* * ----railbank
English
Noun
(en noun)- This 200-mile long stretch of railbank property has four encampments of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Verb
(en verb)- [T]he municipal government moved ahead with plans to railbank the 5-mile segment between Astoria and Tongue Point under the guidelines of the National Trail Systems Act.