trailer

Definition

Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.

Etymology

From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "the trailer of a plant"
• "At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer."