drail

English

Etymology

From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɹeɪl/
Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

drail (plural drails)

(fishing) A hook with a lead shank.
(fishing) The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.
The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.

Verb

drail (third-person singular simple present drails, present participle drailing, simple past and past participle drailed)

(fishing, obsolete) To trail; to draggle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for drail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

LIDAR, Laird, laird, larid, liard, lidar

单词	drail
释义	drail English Etymology From Middle English drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen* (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”). Pronunciation IPA^(key): /dɹeɪl/ Rhymes: -eɪl Noun drail (plural drails) (fishing) A hook with a lead shank. (fishing) The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook. The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw. Verb drail (third-person singular simple present drails, present participle drailing, simple past and past participle drailed) (fishing, obsolete) To trail; to draggle. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for drail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) Anagrams LIDAR, Laird, laird, larid, liard, lidar
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