trailer

[ trey-ler ]
/ ˈtreɪ lər /

noun

Origin of trailer

First recorded in 1580–90; trail + -er1

Example sentences from the Web for trailer

British Dictionary definitions for trailer

trailer
/ (ˈtreɪlə) /

noun

a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle: used for transporting boats, etc
the part of an articulated lorry that is drawn by the cab
a series of short extracts from a film, used to advertise it in a cinema or on television
a person or thing that trails
US and Canadian a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): caravan